Large-eared Mountain Vole vs Prickly Coontail

Alticola macrotis compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large-eared Mountain Vole	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Cricetidae	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Alticola	Ceratophyllum
Species	Alticola macrotis	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Large-eared Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large-eared Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.