Jalapan Vole vs Yellow Dodder

Microtus quasiater compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

  • Jalapan Vole is Near Threatened while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Jalapan Vole Yellow Dodder
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Solanales (Solanales)
Family Cricetidae Convolvulaceae
Genus Microtus Cuscuta
Species Microtus quasiater Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Jalapan Vole

NT — Near Threatened

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Jalapan Vole Yellow Dodder
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Jalapan Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

Jalapan Vole

No description available.

Yellow Dodder

No description available.

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