Marsh fleabane vs Mexican vole

Pluchea carolinensis compared with Microtus mexicanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Marsh fleabane	Mexican vole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Cricetidae
Genus	Pluchea	Microtus
Species	Pluchea carolinensis	Microtus mexicanus

Conservation Status

Marsh fleabane

LC — Least Concern

Mexican vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Marsh fleabane	Mexican vole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Marsh fleabane

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).

Mexican vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.