Mexican Harvest Mouse vs

Reithrodontomys mexicanus compared with Sphingobium scionense

Key Differences

• Mexican Harvest Mouse is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mexican Harvest Mouse
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Bacteria (Bacteria)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Proteobacteria (Proteobacteria)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Alphaproteobacteria (Alphaproteobacteria)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sphingomonadales (Sphingomonadales)
Family	Cricetidae	Sphingomonadaceae
Genus	Reithrodontomys	Sphingobium
Species	Reithrodontomys mexicanus	Sphingobium scionense

Conservation Status

Mexican Harvest Mouse

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mexican Harvest Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mexican Harvest Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

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.