vs Plains Pocket Mouse

Limnothrix vacuolifera compared with Perognathus flavescens

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Plains Pocket Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Plains Pocket Mouse
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Cyanobacteriia	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pseudanabaenales (Pseudanabaenales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Pseudanabaenaceae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Limnothrix	Perognathus
Species	Limnothrix vacuolifera	Perognathus flavescens

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Plains Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Plains Pocket Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Sweden.

Plains Pocket Mouse

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.