African Rice vs Cabrera s Vole

Oryza glaberrima compared with Microtus cabrerae

Key Differences

• African Rice is Least Concern while Cabrera s Vole is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Rice	Cabrera s Vole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Cricetidae
Genus	Oryza (Rice)	Microtus
Species	Oryza glaberrima	Microtus cabrerae

Conservation Status

African Rice

LC — Least Concern

Cabrera s Vole

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Rice	Cabrera s Vole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Rice

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Dominican Republic, Guinea, and Taiwan.

Cabrera s Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

African Rice

The African Rice (Oryza glaberrima) is a species in the genus Oryza. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotrop.

Cabrera s Vole

The Cabrera s Vole (Microtus cabrerae) is a species in the genus Microtus. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.