Key lime vs Little Pocket Mouse

Citrus aurantiifolia compared with Perognathus longimembris

Key Differences

• Key lime is Not Evaluated while Little Pocket Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Key lime	Little Pocket Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Rutaceae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Citrus	Perognathus
Species	Citrus aurantiifolia	Perognathus longimembris

Conservation Status

Key lime

NE — Not Evaluated

Little Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Key lime	Little Pocket Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Key lime

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

Little Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.