Cricket-Bat Willow vs Mexican vole

Salix alba compared with Microtus mexicanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cricket-Bat Willow	Mexican vole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Salicaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Salix	Microtus
Species	Salix alba	Microtus mexicanus

Conservation Status

Cricket-Bat Willow

LC — Least Concern

Mexican vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cricket-Bat Willow	Mexican vole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cricket-Bat Willow

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Libya), Asia (Yemen), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).