Black-eared Red-backed Vole vs Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Eothenomys olitor compared with Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Black-eared Red-backed Vole Linear Leaf Water Primrose
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family Cricetidae Onagraceae
Genus Eothenomys Ludwigia
Species Eothenomys olitor Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Conservation Status

Black-eared Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Black-eared Red-backed Vole Linear Leaf Water Primrose
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-eared Red-backed Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

No description available.

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