Lagos-rubber vs Little Pocket Mouse

Funtumia africana compared with Perognathus longimembris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lagos-rubber	Little Pocket Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Apocynaceae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Funtumia	Perognathus
Species	Funtumia africana	Perognathus longimembris

Conservation Status

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Little Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lagos-rubber	Little Pocket Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.

Little Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.