Long-tailed Chinchilla vs

Chinchilla lanigera compared with Sphingobium scionense

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Chinchilla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Bacteria (Bacteria)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Proteobacteria (Proteobacteria)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Alphaproteobacteria (Alphaproteobacteria)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sphingomonadales (Sphingomonadales)
Family	Chinchillidae	Sphingomonadaceae
Genus	Chinchilla	Sphingobium
Species	Chinchilla lanigera	Sphingobium scionense

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 Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Sphingobium scionense is a Gram-negative, aerobic rod first isolated in the Scion research environment in New Zealand. It inhabits forest soils and plant-associated substrates of Oceania. This chemoheterotroph degrades complex aromatic and aliphatic organic compounds in temperate forest soil environments.