Northern Red-backed Vole vs Tuart

Myodes rutilus compared with Eucalyptus gomphocephala

Key Differences

• Northern Red-backed Vole is Least Concern while Tuart is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Northern Red-backed Vole	Tuart
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Cricetidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Myodes	Eucalyptus
Species	Myodes rutilus	Eucalyptus gomphocephala

Conservation Status

Northern Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Tuart

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Northern Red-backed Vole	Tuart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Northern Red-backed Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Russia, and Sweden.

Tuart

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, flooded grasslands and savannas, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya, South Africa), Asia (Cyprus, Taiwan, Yemen), Europe (Malta, Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.