Large-eared Mountain Vole vs Wild Lettuce

Alticola macrotis compared with Lactuca indica

Key Differences

• Large-eared Mountain Vole is Least Concern while Wild Lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large-eared Mountain Vole	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Cricetidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Alticola	Lactuca
Species	Alticola macrotis	Lactuca indica

Conservation Status

Large-eared Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Wild Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large-eared Mountain Vole	Wild Lettuce
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large-eared Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).