Boreal Red-Backed Vole vs Horse Mint

Myodes gapperi compared with Mentha longifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Boreal Red-Backed Vole	Horse Mint
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Myodes	Mentha
Species	Myodes gapperi	Mentha longifolia

Conservation Status

Boreal Red-Backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Horse Mint

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Boreal Red-Backed Vole	Horse Mint
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.

Horse Mint

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Norway.

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.