Hairy-tailed Tree Rat vs

Brachytarsomys villosa compared with Sphingobacterium yamdrokense

Key Differences

• Hairy-tailed Tree Rat is Vulnerable while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Bacteria (Bacteria)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bacteroidota (Bacteroidota)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bacteroidia (Bacteroidia)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sphingobacteriales (Sphingobacteriales)
Family	Nesomyidae	Sphingobacteriaceae
Genus	Brachytarsomys	Sphingobacterium
Species	Brachytarsomys villosa	Sphingobacterium yamdrokense

Conservation Status

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

VU — Vulnerable

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Sphingobacterium yamdrokense is a yellow-pigmented Gram-negative rod first described from Yamdrok Lake in Tibet, China. It inhabits high-altitude lacustrine sediments and cold, alkaline lake environments of the Tibetan Plateau. This aerobic chemoheterotroph is adapted to the extreme conditions of high-altitude saline lakes.