Gray Red-backed Vole vs Prickly Yellow

Myodes rufocanus compared with Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Red-backed Vole	Prickly Yellow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Cricetidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Myodes	Zanthoxylum
Species	Myodes rufocanus	Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Conservation Status

Gray Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Yellow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Red-backed Vole	Prickly Yellow
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 Yellow

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.