Large-eared Mountain Vole vs red spiderling

Alticola macrotis compared with Boerhavia diffusa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Large-eared Mountain Vole red spiderling
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family Cricetidae Nyctaginaceae
Genus Alticola Boerhavia
Species Alticola macrotis Boerhavia diffusa

Conservation Status

Large-eared Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

red spiderling

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Large-eared Mountain Vole red spiderling
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large-eared Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

red spiderling

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (7 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Large-eared Mountain Vole

No description available.

red spiderling

No description available.

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