Large-eared Mountain Vole vs sweet tanglehead

Alticola macrotis compared with Heteropogon melanocarpus

Key Differences

• Large-eared Mountain Vole is Least Concern while sweet tanglehead is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large-eared Mountain Vole	sweet tanglehead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Cricetidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Alticola	Heteropogon
Species	Alticola macrotis	Heteropogon melanocarpus

Conservation Status

Large-eared Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

sweet tanglehead

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large-eared Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

sweet tanglehead

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Guinea.