Blackboard Tree vs Lake Baikal Mountain Vole

Alstonia scholaris compared with Alticola olchonensis

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Lake Baikal Mountain Vole is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Lake Baikal Mountain Vole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Apocynaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Alstonia	Alticola
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Alticola olchonensis

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Lake Baikal Mountain Vole

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Lake Baikal Mountain Vole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Lake Baikal Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.