Black-eared Red-backed Vole vs Fish-bone Cassia

Eothenomys olitor compared with Chamaecrista mimosoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Black-eared Red-backed Vole Fish-bone Cassia
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Cricetidae Fabaceae
Genus Eothenomys Chamaecrista
Species Eothenomys olitor Chamaecrista mimosoides

Conservation Status

Black-eared Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Fish-bone Cassia

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Black-eared Red-backed Vole Fish-bone Cassia
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-eared Red-backed Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fish-bone Cassia

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and montane grasslands and shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (4 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).

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.

Fish-bone Cassia

No description available.

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