Big quakinggrass vs Lemming Mountain Vole

Briza maxima compared with Alticola lemminus

Key Differences

• Big quakinggrass is Not Evaluated while Lemming Mountain Vole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big quakinggrass	Lemming Mountain 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	Briza	Alticola
Species	Briza maxima	Alticola lemminus

Conservation Status

Big quakinggrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Lemming Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big quakinggrass	Lemming Mountain Vole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big quakinggrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (11 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries).

Lemming Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Big quakinggrass

The Big quakinggrass (Briza maxima) is a species in the genus Briza. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.