Elephant Palm vs Mediterranean Pine Vole

Borassus aethiopum compared with Microtus duodecimcostatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elephant Palm	Mediterranean Pine Vole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Arecaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Borassus	Microtus
Species	Borassus aethiopum	Microtus duodecimcostatus

Conservation Status

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Mediterranean Pine Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elephant Palm	Mediterranean Pine Vole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elephant Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Yemen.

Mediterranean Pine Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.