Large-eared Mountain Vole vs Moon Trefoil

Alticola macrotis compared with Medicago arborea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large-eared Mountain Vole	Moon Trefoil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Cricetidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Alticola	Medicago
Species	Alticola macrotis	Medicago arborea

Conservation Status

Large-eared Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Moon Trefoil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large-eared Mountain Vole	Moon Trefoil
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large-eared Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Moon Trefoil

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), Europe (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).