Big-Sting Nettle vs Eastern Mole Vole

Urtica dioica compared with Ellobius tancrei

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Big-Sting Nettle Eastern Mole Vole
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Rosales (Roses & Allies) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Urticaceae Cricetidae
Genus Urtica Ellobius
Species Urtica dioica Ellobius tancrei

Conservation Status

Big-Sting Nettle

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Mole Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Big-Sting Nettle Eastern Mole Vole
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-Sting Nettle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate grasslands and steppes, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan, Turkey), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (4 countries).

Eastern Mole Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Big-Sting Nettle

The Big-Sting Nettle (Urtica dioica) is a species in the genus Urtica. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate grasslands and steppes, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Eastern Mole Vole

No description available.

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