Large-eared Mountain Vole vs Natal plum

Alticola macrotis compared with Carissa macrocarpa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large-eared Mountain Vole	Natal plum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Cricetidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Alticola	Carissa
Species	Alticola macrotis	Carissa macrocarpa

Conservation Status

Large-eared Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Natal plum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large-eared Mountain Vole	Natal plum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large-eared Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Natal plum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).