Large-eared Mountain Vole vs pignut

Alticola macrotis compared with Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Key Differences

• Large-eared Mountain Vole is Least Concern while pignut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large-eared Mountain Vole	pignut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Alticola	Mesosphaerum
Species	Alticola macrotis	Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Conservation Status

Large-eared Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

pignut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large-eared Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

pignut

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Guinea, and Timor-Leste.