Gray Red-backed Vole vs Tape grass

Myodes rufocanus compared with Vallisneria spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Red-backed Vole	Tape grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Cricetidae	Hydrocharitaceae
Genus	Myodes	Vallisneria
Species	Myodes rufocanus	Vallisneria spiralis

Conservation Status

Gray Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Tape grass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Red-backed Vole	Tape grass
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.

Tape grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt, Mauritius, South Africa), Asia (5 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (Canada, Jamaica, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway