Lagos-rubber vs Plains Pocket Mouse

Funtumia africana compared with Perognathus flavescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lagos-rubber	Plains 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 flavescens

Conservation Status

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Plains Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lagos-rubber	Plains 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.

Plains Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.