Large-eared Mountain Vole vs Yellow-Spotted Ringlet

Alticola macrotis compared with Erebia manto

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large-eared Mountain Vole	Yellow-Spotted Ringlet
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Cricetidae	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Genus	Alticola	Erebia
Species	Alticola macrotis	Erebia manto

Evolutionary Relationship

Large-eared Mountain Vole and Yellow-Spotted Ringlet share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Large-eared Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Yellow-Spotted Ringlet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large-eared Mountain Vole	Yellow-Spotted Ringlet
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large-eared Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow-Spotted Ringlet

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Switzerland and Ukraine.