Merriam’s Pocket Mouse vs sharp-wing monkey-flower

Perognathus merriami compared with Mimulus alatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse	sharp-wing monkey-flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Heteromyidae	Phrymaceae
Genus	Perognathus	Mimulus
Species	Perognathus merriami	Mimulus alatus

Conservation Status

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

sharp-wing monkey-flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse	sharp-wing monkey-flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

sharp-wing monkey-flower

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.