Boreal Red-Backed Vole vs pale echinacea

Myodes gapperi compared with Echinacea pallida

Key Differences

• Boreal Red-Backed Vole is Least Concern while pale echinacea is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Boreal Red-Backed Vole	pale echinacea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Cricetidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Myodes	Echinacea
Species	Myodes gapperi	Echinacea pallida

Conservation Status

Boreal Red-Backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

pale echinacea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Boreal Red-Backed Vole	pale echinacea
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.

pale echinacea

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and Sweden.

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.