Large-eared Mountain Vole vs Sour Prickle

Alticola macrotis compared with Opuntia dillenii

Key Differences

• Large-eared Mountain Vole is Least Concern while Sour Prickle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large-eared Mountain Vole	Sour Prickle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Cricetidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Alticola	Opuntia
Species	Alticola macrotis	Opuntia dillenii

Conservation Status

Large-eared Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Sour Prickle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large-eared Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sour Prickle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Asia (5 countries), Europe (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).