Merriam’s Pocket Mouse vs sweet hakea

Perognathus merriami compared with Hakea drupacea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse	sweet hakea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Heteromyidae	Proteaceae
Genus	Perognathus	Hakea
Species	Perognathus merriami	Hakea drupacea

Conservation Status

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

sweet hakea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse	sweet hakea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

sweet hakea

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across New Zealand and South Africa.