Grauhörnchen vs Northern Red-backed Vole

Sciurus carolinensis compared with Myodes rutilus

Key Differences

• Grauhörnchen is Not Evaluated while Northern Red-backed Vole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Grauhörnchen	Northern Red-backed Vole
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class same	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order same	Rodentia (Nagetiere)	Rodentia (Nagetiere)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Cricetidae
Genus	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)	Myodes
Species	Sciurus carolinensis	Myodes rutilus

Evolutionary Relationship

Grauhörnchen and Northern Red-backed Vole share a common ancestor at the Order level: Rodentia. (Nagetiere)

Conservation Status

Grauhörnchen

NE — Not Evaluated

Trend: Stable →

Northern Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Grauhörnchen	Northern Red-backed Vole
Diet	Omnivore	—
Average Lifespan	6 years	—
Average Length	25 cm	—
Average Weight	500 g	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Grauhörnchen

Habitat

Typically found in a wide range of habitat types.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Indonesia), Europe (10 countries), and North America (Mexico, United States).

Northern Red-backed Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Russia, and Sweden.

Grauhörnchen

Native to eastern North America but successfully introduced to Europe and other regions, the eastern gray squirrel is a medium-sized arboreal rodent weighing up to 600 g. Highly adaptable, thriving in forests, parks, and urban gardens, gray squirrels cache thousands of nuts and seeds each autumn, inadvertently planting trees through forgotten caches. In Britain, they have largely displaced the native red squirrel by outcompeting them for food.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden