Gudaur Snow Vole vs lime prickly-ash

Chionomys gud compared with Zanthoxylum fagara

Key Differences

• Gudaur Snow Vole is Least Concern while lime prickly-ash is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gudaur Snow Vole	lime prickly-ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Cricetidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Chionomys	Zanthoxylum
Species	Chionomys gud	Zanthoxylum fagara

Conservation Status

Gudaur Snow Vole

LC — Least Concern

lime prickly-ash

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gudaur Snow Vole	lime prickly-ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gudaur Snow Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lime prickly-ash

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 Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.