Lemming Mountain Vole vs Water medick

Alticola lemminus compared with Medicago littoralis

Key Differences

• Lemming Mountain Vole is Least Concern while Water medick is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lemming Mountain Vole	Water medick
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Cricetidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Alticola	Medicago
Species	Alticola lemminus	Medicago littoralis

Conservation Status

Lemming Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Water medick

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lemming Mountain Vole	Water medick
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lemming Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Water medick

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).