Boreal Red-Backed Vole vs Garlic Snail

Myodes gapperi compared with Oxychilus alliarius

Key Differences

• Boreal Red-Backed Vole is Least Concern while Garlic Snail is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Boreal Red-Backed Vole	Garlic Snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Cricetidae	Oxychilidae
Genus	Myodes	Oxychilus
Species	Myodes gapperi	Oxychilus alliarius

Evolutionary Relationship

Boreal Red-Backed Vole and Garlic Snail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Boreal Red-Backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Garlic Snail

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Boreal Red-Backed Vole	Garlic Snail
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.

Garlic Snail

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Chile). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇺🇸 United States