vs Mound-building Mouse

Altererythrobacter troitsensis compared with Mus spicilegus

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Mound-building Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Mound-building Mouse
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Proteobacteria (Proteobacteria)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Alphaproteobacteria (Alphaproteobacteria)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sphingomonadales (Sphingomonadales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Erythrobacteraceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Altererythrobacter	Mus (House Mice)
Species	Altererythrobacter troitsensis	Mus spicilegus

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Mound-building Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Mound-building Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Mound-building Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.