Campagnol souterrain de Bavarie vs benoîte des ruisseaux

Microtus bavaricus compared with Geum rivale

Key Differences

Campagnol souterrain de Bavarie is Critically Endangered while benoîte des ruisseaux is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Campagnol souterrain de Bavarie	benoîte des ruisseaux
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Cricetidae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Microtus	Geum
Species	Microtus bavaricus	Geum rivale

Conservation Status

Campagnol souterrain de Bavarie

CR — Critically Endangered

benoîte des ruisseaux

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Campagnol souterrain de Bavarie	benoîte des ruisseaux
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Campagnol souterrain de Bavarie

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

benoîte des ruisseaux

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

Campagnol souterrain de Bavarie

The Bavarian Pine Vole (Microtus bavaricus) is a species in the genus Microtus. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

benoîte des ruisseaux

Chocolate Root (Geum rivale), also called Water Avens or Indian Chocolate, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Rosaceae, native to cool, moist habitats across Europe, northern Asia, and North America, where it grows in wet meadows, fens, stream banks, and damp woodlands. It produces pinnate leaves with a large terminal leaflet and drooping, nodding flowers whose petals are cream to pink and surrounded by distinctive purplish-red sepals giving the flower a nodding, bell-like appearance when closed. The nodding habit is an adaptation for rain-pollination avoidance, and fertilised flowers develop achene fruits topped with hooked styles for animal dispersal. The name Chocolate Root refers to the aromatic rhizome, which has been used traditionally as a chocolate-like flavouring in beverages and as a medicinal herb with astringent and tonic properties. The IUCN classifies Geum rivale as Extinct in certain regional contexts — notably in some lowland British localities where wetland drainage, river modification, and agricultural intensification have eliminated populations — though the species remains widespread and Least Concern across its global range. Its continued survival depends on the protection of wetland habitats, and it is used as an indicator of ancient, species-rich wetland communities of conservation importance.