Plains Pocket Mouse vs

Perognathus flavescens compared with Sphingobium scionense

Key Differences

• Plains Pocket Mouse is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Plains Pocket Mouse
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Bacteria (Bacteria)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Proteobacteria (Proteobacteria)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Alphaproteobacteria (Alphaproteobacteria)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sphingomonadales (Sphingomonadales)
Family	Heteromyidae	Sphingomonadaceae
Genus	Perognathus	Sphingobium
Species	Perognathus flavescens	Sphingobium scionense

Conservation Status

Plains Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Plains Pocket Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Plains Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.