Beggar'S-Buttons vs Lemming Mountain Vole

Arctium lappa compared with Alticola lemminus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Beggar'S-Buttons Lemming Mountain Vole
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Asteraceae (Daisy Family) Cricetidae
Genus Arctium Alticola
Species Arctium lappa Alticola lemminus

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Lemming Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Beggar'S-Buttons Lemming Mountain Vole
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beggar'S-Buttons

Habitat

Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (North Korea, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

Lemming Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Beggar'S-Buttons

The Beggar'S-Buttons (Arctium lappa) is a species in the genus Arctium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Lemming Mountain Vole

No description available.

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