Bedstraw vs Mongolian Mountain Vole

Galium aparine compared with Alticola semicanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bedstraw Mongolian Mountain Vole
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Gentianales (Gentianales) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Rubiaceae Cricetidae
Genus Galium Alticola
Species Galium aparine Alticola semicanus

Conservation Status

Bedstraw

LC — Least Concern

Mongolian Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bedstraw Mongolian Mountain Vole
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bedstraw

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 11 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burundi, Madagascar), Asia (China, Nepal, Pakistan), Europe (11 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries).

Mongolian Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bedstraw

The Bedstraw (Galium aparine) is a species in the genus Galium. 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 montane grasslands and shrublands, among 11 distinct biome types. Populations are also found.

Mongolian Mountain Vole

No description available.

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