Gray Red-backed Vole vs Prickly Coontail

Myodes rufocanus compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

• Gray Red-backed Vole is Least Concern while Prickly Coontail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Red-backed Vole	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Cricetidae	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Myodes	Ceratophyllum
Species	Myodes rufocanus	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Gray Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Red-backed Vole	Prickly Coontail
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.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.