vs Mexican Agouti

Altererythrobacter troitsensis compared with Dasyprocta mexicana

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Mexican Agouti is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Mexican Agouti
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Proteobacteria (Proteobacteria)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Alphaproteobacteria (Alphaproteobacteria)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sphingomonadales (Sphingomonadales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Erythrobacteraceae	Dasyproctidae
Genus	Altererythrobacter	Dasyprocta
Species	Altererythrobacter troitsensis	Dasyprocta mexicana

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Mexican Agouti

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Mexican Agouti
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Mexican Agouti

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Cuba. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Altererythrobacter troitsensis is a gram-negative, aerobic bacterium in the family Erythrobacteraceae, first described from Troitsk, Russia. Like other members of the genus, it may produce carotenoid pigments giving colonies a reddish-orange colour. Its conservation status is not evaluated.