Arizona Pocket Mouse vs Elegant Water Shrew

Perognathus amplus compared with Nectogale elegans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arizona Pocket Mouse	Elegant Water Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Heteromyidae	Soricidae
Genus	Perognathus	Nectogale
Species	Perognathus amplus	Nectogale elegans

Evolutionary Relationship

Arizona Pocket Mouse and Elegant Water Shrew share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Arizona Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arizona Pocket Mouse	Elegant Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arizona Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Arizona Pocket Mouse

The Arizona Pocket Mouse, Perognathus amplus, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.