vs Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

Dyadobacter jiangsuensis compared with Perognathus merriami

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Merriam’s Pocket Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Merriam’s Pocket Mouse
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Bacteroidota (Bacteroidota)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Bacteroidia (Bacteroidia)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Cytophagales (Cytophagales)	Rodentia (อันดับสัตว์ฟันแทะ)
Family	Spirosomaceae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Dyadobacter	Perognathus
Species	Dyadobacter jiangsuensis	Perognathus merriami

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Merriam’s Pocket Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dyadobacter jiangsuensis is a Gram-negative, orange-pigmented bacterium in the family Cytophagaceae, first isolated from soil samples in Jiangsu Province, China. It is aerobic, rod-shaped, and non-motile, with the capacity to degrade polysaccharides in its soil environment. The genus Dyadobacter is part of the diverse Bacteroidetes phylum widely distributed in terrestrial and freshwater habitats.