'Ihi vs Lemming Mountain Vole

Oxalis corniculata compared with Alticola lemminus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank 'Ihi Lemming Mountain Vole
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Oxalidales (Oxalidales) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Oxalidaceae Cricetidae
Genus Oxalis Alticola
Species Oxalis corniculata Alticola lemminus

Conservation Status

'Ihi

LC — Least Concern

Lemming Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute 'Ihi Lemming Mountain Vole
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

'Ihi

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (17 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Lemming Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

'Ihi

No description available.

Lemming Mountain Vole

No description available.

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