Large-eared Mountain Vole vs Western Hawkweed

Alticola macrotis compared with Hieracium stenopholidium

Key Differences

• Large-eared Mountain Vole is Least Concern while Western Hawkweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large-eared Mountain Vole	Western Hawkweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Cricetidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Alticola	Hieracium
Species	Alticola macrotis	Hieracium stenopholidium

Conservation Status

Large-eared Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Western Hawkweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large-eared Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Western Hawkweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Iceland and Norway.