Pencil Cedar vs Plains Pocket Mouse

Polyscias murrayi compared with Perognathus flavescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Pencil Cedar	Plains Pocket Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Apiales (Apiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Araliaceae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Polyscias	Perognathus
Species	Polyscias murrayi	Perognathus flavescens

Conservation Status

Pencil Cedar

LC — Least Concern

Plains Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Pencil Cedar	Plains Pocket Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Pencil Cedar

Habitat

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

Plains Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.