Lemming Mountain Vole vs Sourgrass

Alticola lemminus compared with Digitaria insularis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lemming Mountain Vole	Sourgrass
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	Digitaria
Species	Alticola lemminus	Digitaria insularis

Conservation Status

Lemming Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Sourgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lemming Mountain Vole	Sourgrass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lemming Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sourgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Ghana), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).