Merriam’s Pocket Mouse vs Vegetable fern

Perognathus merriami compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Heteromyidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Perognathus	Diplazium
Species	Perognathus merriami	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.