vs Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse

Limnothrix vacuolifera compared with Myomimus personatus

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Cyanobacteriia	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pseudanabaenales (Pseudanabaenales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Pseudanabaenaceae	Gliridae
Genus	Limnothrix	Myomimus
Species	Limnothrix vacuolifera	Myomimus personatus

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Sweden.

Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Limnothrix vacuolifera is a planktonic filamentous cyanobacterium that possesses gas vacuoles enabling buoyancy regulation in the water column of freshwater lakes. It forms thin, unbranched trichomes and is found in eutrophic standing water bodies. Its conservation status is not evaluated.