Lemming Mountain Vole vs Prickly Coontail

Alticola lemminus compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

• Lemming Mountain Vole is Least Concern while Prickly Coontail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lemming Mountain Vole	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Cricetidae	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Alticola	Ceratophyllum
Species	Alticola lemminus	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Lemming Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lemming Mountain Vole	Prickly Coontail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lemming Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.