Black-eared Red-backed Vole vs Tickclover

Eothenomys olitor compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Black-eared Red-backed Vole Tickclover
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 Desmodium
Species Eothenomys olitor Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Black-eared Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-eared Red-backed Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 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.

Tickclover

No description available.

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