Large-eared Mountain Vole vs Prickly Heath

Alticola macrotis compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large-eared Mountain Vole	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Cricetidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Alticola	Gaultheria
Species	Alticola macrotis	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Large-eared Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large-eared Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.