Boreal Red-Backed Vole vs buffalo-grass

Myodes gapperi compared with Tripsacum dactyloides

Key Differences

• Boreal Red-Backed Vole is Least Concern while buffalo-grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Boreal Red-Backed Vole	buffalo-grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Cricetidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Myodes	Tripsacum
Species	Myodes gapperi	Tripsacum dactyloides

Conservation Status

Boreal Red-Backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

buffalo-grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Boreal Red-Backed Vole	buffalo-grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Boreal Red-Backed Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

buffalo-grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Boreal Red-Backed Vole

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

buffalo-grass

The Buffalo-Grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) is a species in the genus Tripsacum. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.