vs Plains Pocket Mouse

Pedobacter ruber 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	Bacteroidota (Bacteroidota)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Bacteroidia (Bacteroidia)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sphingobacteriales (Sphingobacteriales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Sphingobacteriaceae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Pedobacter	Perognathus
Species	Pedobacter ruber	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 North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in United States.

Plains Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.