Boreal Red-Backed Vole vs Floating Fern

Myodes gapperi compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Boreal Red-Backed Vole is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Boreal Red-Backed Vole	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Cricetidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Myodes	Salvinia
Species	Myodes gapperi	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Boreal Red-Backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Boreal Red-Backed Vole	Floating Fern
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.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.