Merriam’s Pocket Mouse vs Trailing St. Johnswort

Perognathus merriami compared with Hypericum humifusum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse	Trailing St. Johnswort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Heteromyidae	Hypericaceae
Genus	Perognathus	Hypericum
Species	Perognathus merriami	Hypericum humifusum

Conservation Status

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Trailing St. Johnswort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse	Trailing St. Johnswort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Trailing St. Johnswort

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).