Lemming Mountain Vole vs Para grass

Alticola lemminus compared with Urochloa mutica

Key Differences

• Lemming Mountain Vole is Least Concern while Para grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lemming Mountain Vole	Para grass
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	Urochloa
Species	Alticola lemminus	Urochloa mutica

Conservation Status

Lemming Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Para grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lemming Mountain Vole	Para grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lemming Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Para grass

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, Somalia), Asia (Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand), Europe (Belgium, Portugal, Spain), North America (11 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).