vs Kashmir Mountain Vole

Frustulia rhomboides compared with Alticola montosa

Key Differences

  • is Not Evaluated while Kashmir Mountain Vole is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Kashmir Mountain Vole
Kingdom Chromista (Chromista) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Bacillariophyceae (Bacillariophyceae) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Naviculales (Naviculales) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Amphipleuraceae Cricetidae
Genus Frustulia Alticola
Species Frustulia rhomboides Alticola montosa

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Kashmir Mountain Vole

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Kashmir Mountain Vole
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Norway, Portugal, Sweden), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Kashmir Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Frustulia rhomboides is a large, elongated freshwater diatom with a rhomboid outline and a distinctive raphe system embedded in siliceous ribs. It inhabits benthic and epiphytic habitats in acidic, humic freshwater environments including peat bogs and forest streams. This photosynthetic diatom is a bioindicator of acidic, dystrophic freshwater conditions.

Kashmir Mountain Vole

No description available.

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