vs Golden-rumped elephant shrew

Dyadobacter jiangsuensis compared with Rhynchocyon chrysopygus

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Golden-rumped elephant shrew is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Golden-rumped elephant shrew
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Bacteroidota (Bacteroidota)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Bacteroidia (Bacteroidia)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cytophagales (Cytophagales)	Macroscelidea (Macroscelidea)
Family	Spirosomaceae	Macroscelididae
Genus	Dyadobacter	Rhynchocyon
Species	Dyadobacter jiangsuensis	Rhynchocyon chrysopygus

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Golden-rumped elephant shrew

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Golden-rumped elephant shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Golden-rumped elephant shrew

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

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

Dyadobacter jiangsuensis is a Gram-negative, orange-pigmented bacterium in the family Cytophagaceae, first isolated from soil samples in Jiangsu Province, China. It is aerobic, rod-shaped, and non-motile, with the capacity to degrade polysaccharides in its soil environment. The genus Dyadobacter is part of the diverse Bacteroidetes phylum widely distributed in terrestrial and freshwater habitats.