Linear Leaf Water Primrose vs Narrow-headed Vole

Ludwigia hyssopifolia compared with Microtus gregalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Linear Leaf Water Primrose Narrow-headed Vole
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Myrtales (Myrtales) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Onagraceae Cricetidae
Genus Ludwigia Microtus
Species Ludwigia hyssopifolia Microtus gregalis

Conservation Status

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

LC — Least Concern

Narrow-headed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Linear Leaf Water Primrose Narrow-headed Vole
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Narrow-headed Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

No description available.

Narrow-headed Vole

No description available.

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