Large-eared Mountain Vole vs Shellplant

Alticola macrotis compared with Alpinia zerumbet

Key Differences

• Large-eared Mountain Vole is Least Concern while Shellplant is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large-eared Mountain Vole	Shellplant
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Cricetidae	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Alticola	Alpinia
Species	Alticola macrotis	Alpinia zerumbet

Conservation Status

Large-eared Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Shellplant

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large-eared Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shellplant

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (Cuba, Nicaragua, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).