Large-eared Mountain Vole vs Septicweed

Alticola macrotis compared with Senna occidentalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Large-eared Mountain Vole Septicweed
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Cricetidae Fabaceae
Genus Alticola Senna
Species Alticola macrotis Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Large-eared Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Septicweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Large-eared Mountain Vole Septicweed
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large-eared Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Septicweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).

Large-eared Mountain Vole

No description available.

Septicweed

No description available.

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