Gray Red-backed Vole vs Sour Prickle

Myodes rufocanus compared with Opuntia dillenii

Key Differences

• Gray Red-backed Vole is Least Concern while Sour Prickle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Red-backed Vole	Sour Prickle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Cricetidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Myodes	Opuntia
Species	Myodes rufocanus	Opuntia dillenii

Conservation Status

Gray Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Sour Prickle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Red-backed Vole	Sour Prickle
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.

Sour Prickle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Asia (5 countries), Europe (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).