Cloud Forest Akodont vs comma

Akodon torques compared with Polygonia c-album

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Cloud Forest Akodont comma
Kingdom same Animalia (動物) Animalia (動物)
Phylum Chordata (脊索動物) Arthropoda (節足動物)
Class Mammalia (哺乳類) Insecta (昆虫)
Order Rodentia (ネズミ目) Lepidoptera (チョウ目)
Family Cricetidae Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Genus Akodon Polygonia
Species Akodon torques Polygonia c-album

Evolutionary Relationship

Cloud Forest Akodont and comma share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (動物)

Conservation Status

Cloud Forest Akodont

LC — Least Concern

comma

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Cloud Forest Akodont comma
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cloud Forest Akodont

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

comma

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (40 countries).

Cloud Forest Akodont

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.

comma

シータテハ(Polygonia c-album)は、IUCNレッドリストで軽度懸念(LC)に分類されています。分布域全域に広く分布し、個体群は安定しており、即座の保全上の懸念はありません。

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