Gray Red-backed Vole vs sweet tanglehead

Myodes rufocanus compared with Heteropogon melanocarpus

Key Differences

• Gray Red-backed Vole is Least Concern while sweet tanglehead is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Red-backed Vole	sweet tanglehead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Cricetidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Myodes	Heteropogon
Species	Myodes rufocanus	Heteropogon melanocarpus

Conservation Status

Gray Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

sweet tanglehead

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Red-backed Vole	sweet tanglehead
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.

sweet tanglehead

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Guinea.