Large-eared Mountain Vole vs Tickclover

Alticola macrotis compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Large-eared Mountain Vole Tickclover
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 Desmodium
Species Alticola macrotis Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Large-eared Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large-eared Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Large-eared Mountain Vole

No description available.

Tickclover

No description available.

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