Large-eared Mountain Vole vs Sawtooth Sunflower

Alticola macrotis compared with Helianthus grosseserratus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large-eared Mountain Vole	Sawtooth Sunflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Cricetidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Alticola	Helianthus (Sunflowers)
Species	Alticola macrotis	Helianthus grosseserratus

Conservation Status

Large-eared Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Sawtooth Sunflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large-eared Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sawtooth Sunflower

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Denmark, Lithuania, Sweden, and United States.