Black-eared Red-backed Vole vs Dwarf eelgrass

Eothenomys olitor compared with Zostera japonica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-eared Red-backed Vole	Dwarf eelgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Cricetidae	Zosteraceae
Genus	Eothenomys	Zostera
Species	Eothenomys olitor	Zostera japonica

Conservation Status

Black-eared Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf eelgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-eared Red-backed Vole	Dwarf eelgrass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-eared Red-backed Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dwarf eelgrass

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Laos, Norway, Taiwan, and United States.

Black-eared Red-backed Vole

The Black-eared Red-backed Vole (Eothenomys olitor) is a species in the genus Eothenomys. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.