Gray Red-backed Vole vs Nutmeg

Myodes rufocanus compared with Myristica fragrans

Key Differences

• Gray Red-backed Vole is Least Concern while Nutmeg is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Red-backed Vole	Nutmeg
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Cricetidae	Myristicaceae
Genus	Myodes	Myristica
Species	Myodes rufocanus	Myristica fragrans

Conservation Status

Gray Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Nutmeg

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Red-backed Vole	Nutmeg
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Red-backed Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Norway.

Nutmeg

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles), Asia (India, Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).