Feuchtwald-Feldmaus vs Gemeine Smaragdlibelle

Akodon torques compared with Cordulia aenea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Feuchtwald-Feldmaus	Gemeine Smaragdlibelle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)
Class	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Insecta (Insekten)
Order	Rodentia (Nagetiere)	Odonata (Libellen)
Family	Cricetidae	Corduliidae
Genus	Akodon	Cordulia
Species	Akodon torques	Cordulia aenea

Evolutionary Relationship

Feuchtwald-Feldmaus and Gemeine Smaragdlibelle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Tier)

Conservation Status

Feuchtwald-Feldmaus

LC — Least Concern

Gemeine Smaragdlibelle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Feuchtwald-Feldmaus	Gemeine Smaragdlibelle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Feuchtwald-Feldmaus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gemeine Smaragdlibelle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Feuchtwald-Feldmaus

Cloud forest akodonts are small rodents in the genus Akodon (family Cricetidae, subfamily Sigmodontinae) adapted to the cool, moist cloud forests of the Andean mountain chain in South America. These small mice, typically 15–25 g body weight, are among the most diverse rodent genera in the Neotropics, with dozens of species occupying a range of habitats from tropical lowland forest to high-elevation grasslands and cloud forest margins. Cloud forest species live in mossy, fern-rich undergrowth at elevations typically between 1,500 and 3,500 meters, where they forage for seeds, fungi, invertebrates, and plant material among dense vegetation and under fallen logs. Akodonts are important prey species for forest raptors, small cats, and mustelids, and serve as seed dispersers in cloud forest ecosystems. Many cloud forest akodont species have restricted ranges tied to specific elevation bands on individual mountain ranges, making them vulnerable to climate change-driven upslope habitat shifts that compress available habitat and may eventually eliminate suitable conditions on mountains of insufficient height.

Gemeine Smaragdlibelle

Downy Emerald (Cordulia aenea) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.