Gray Red-backed Vole vs Wild Lettuce

Myodes rufocanus compared with Lactuca quercina

Key Differences

• Gray Red-backed Vole is Least Concern while Wild Lettuce is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Red-backed Vole	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Cricetidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Myodes	Lactuca
Species	Myodes rufocanus	Lactuca quercina

Conservation Status

Gray Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Wild Lettuce

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Red-backed Vole	Wild Lettuce
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.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway