Long-tailed Chinchilla vs

Chinchilla lanigera compared with Pedobacter ruber

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Chinchilla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Bacteria (Bacteria)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bacteroidota (Bacteroidota)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bacteroidia (Bacteroidia)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sphingobacteriales (Sphingobacteriales)
Family	Chinchillidae	Sphingobacteriaceae
Genus	Chinchilla	Pedobacter
Species	Chinchilla lanigera	Pedobacter ruber

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Chinchilla

NE — Not Evaluated

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Chinchilla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Chinchilla

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Denmark, and Ecuador.

Habitat

Native to North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in United States.

Pedobacter ruber is a Gram-negative bacterium in the family Sphingobacteriaceae, named for its distinctive red-pigmented colonies. It was isolated from soil environments and is aerobic, non-motile, and rod-shaped. Members of the genus Pedobacter are widely distributed in soil and freshwater habitats where they participate in organic matter decomposition.