Plains Pocket Mouse vs red-cedar

Perognathus flavescens compared with Trichilia hirta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Plains Pocket Mouse	red-cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Heteromyidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Perognathus	Trichilia
Species	Perognathus flavescens	Trichilia hirta

Conservation Status

Plains Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

red-cedar

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Plains Pocket Mouse	red-cedar
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Plains Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

red-cedar

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.