Merriam’s Pocket Mouse vs winged prickly-ash

Perognathus merriami compared with Zanthoxylum armatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse	winged prickly-ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Heteromyidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Perognathus	Zanthoxylum
Species	Perognathus merriami	Zanthoxylum armatum

Conservation Status

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

winged prickly-ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse	winged prickly-ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

winged prickly-ash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Italy and Taiwan.