Large-eared Mountain Vole vs Pill Beetle

Alticola macrotis compared with Byrrhus pilula

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large-eared Mountain Vole	Pill Beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Cricetidae	Byrrhidae
Genus	Alticola	Byrrhus
Species	Alticola macrotis	Byrrhus pilula

Evolutionary Relationship

Large-eared Mountain Vole and Pill Beetle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Large-eared Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Pill Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large-eared Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pill Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.