Plains Pocket Mouse vs Tiny vetch

Perognathus flavescens compared with Vicia hirsuta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Plains Pocket Mouse Tiny vetch
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Heteromyidae Fabaceae
Genus Perognathus Vicia
Species Perognathus flavescens Vicia hirsuta

Conservation Status

Plains Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Tiny vetch

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Plains Pocket Mouse Tiny vetch
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Plains Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tiny vetch

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (15 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Ecuador).

Plains Pocket Mouse

No description available.

Tiny vetch

No description available.

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