Gray Red-backed Vole vs red spiderling

Myodes rufocanus compared with Boerhavia diffusa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Red-backed Vole	red spiderling
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Cricetidae	Nyctaginaceae
Genus	Myodes	Boerhavia
Species	Myodes rufocanus	Boerhavia diffusa

Conservation Status

Gray Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

red spiderling

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Red-backed Vole	red spiderling
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.

red spiderling

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (7 countries), and South America (4 countries).