Mountain Water Rat vs

Baiyankamys habbema compared with Pedobacter roseus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Water Rat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Bacteria (Bacteria)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bacteroidota (Bacteroidota)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bacteroidia (Bacteroidia)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sphingobacteriales (Sphingobacteriales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Sphingobacteriaceae
Genus	Baiyankamys	Pedobacter
Species	Baiyankamys habbema	Pedobacter roseus

Conservation Status

Mountain Water Rat

DD — Data Deficient

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Water Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Pedobacter roseus is a pink-pigmented, Gram-negative bacterium in the family Sphingobacteriaceae, isolated from soil environments. It produces distinctive rosy colonies and inhabits cool to temperate soils with organic matter. This aerobic chemoheterotroph decomposes a variety of organic substrates and produces hyaluronidase-type enzymes.