vs Mountain Water Rat

Limnothrix vacuolifera compared with Baiyankamys habbema

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Mountain Water Rat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Mountain Water Rat
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Cyanobacteriia	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pseudanabaenales (Pseudanabaenales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Pseudanabaenaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Limnothrix	Baiyankamys
Species	Limnothrix vacuolifera	Baiyankamys habbema

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Mountain Water Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Mountain Water Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Sweden.

Mountain Water Rat

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.