Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse vs

Chiropodomys major compared with Sphingobium ummariense

Key Differences

• Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Bacteria (Bacteria)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Proteobacteria (Proteobacteria)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Alphaproteobacteria (Alphaproteobacteria)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sphingomonadales (Sphingomonadales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Sphingomonadaceae
Genus	Chiropodomys	Sphingobium
Species	Chiropodomys major	Sphingobium ummariense

Conservation Status

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Sphingobium ummariense is a Gram-negative aerobic bacterium first described from Ummari, India, reflecting its geographic isolation locality. It inhabits tropical soils of South Asia. This chemoheterotrophic rod degrades aromatic compounds and other organic substrates in warm terrestrial environments.