Bavarian Pine Vole vs açafrão-da-Índia

Microtus bavaricus compared with Curcuma longa

Key Differences

• Bavarian Pine Vole is Critically Endangered while açafrão-da-Índia is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bavarian Pine Vole	açafrão-da-Índia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Cricetidae	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Microtus	Curcuma
Species	Microtus bavaricus	Curcuma longa

Conservation Status

Bavarian Pine Vole

CR — Critically Endangered

açafrão-da-Índia

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bavarian Pine Vole	açafrão-da-Índia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bavarian Pine Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

açafrão-da-Índia

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan, Yemen), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador).

Bavarian Pine Vole

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.