Lemming Mountain Vole vs Jonc du Nil

Alticola lemminus compared with Cyperus papyrus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Lemming Mountain Vole Jonc du Nil
Kingdom Animalia (animal) Plantae (plante)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (mammifères) Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Poales (Grasses)
Family Cricetidae Cyperaceae
Genus Alticola Cyperus
Species Alticola lemminus Cyperus papyrus

Conservation Status

Lemming Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Jonc du Nil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Lemming Mountain Vole Jonc du Nil
Diet — —
Average Lifespan — —
Average Length — —
Average Weight — —

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lemming Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jonc du Nil

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Laos), Europe (Italy, Portugal), North America (Costa Rica, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Lemming Mountain Vole

No description available.

Jonc du Nil

No description available.

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