Boreal Red-Backed Vole vs Eastern Spiny Mouse

Myodes gapperi compared with Acomys dimidiatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Boreal Red-Backed Vole Eastern Spiny Mouse
Kingdom same Animalia (สัตว์) Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum same Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง) Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class same Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม) Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order same Rodentia (อันดับสัตว์ฟันแทะ) Rodentia (อันดับสัตว์ฟันแทะ)
Family Cricetidae Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus Myodes Acomys
Species Myodes gapperi Acomys dimidiatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Boreal Red-Backed Vole and Eastern Spiny Mouse share a common ancestor at the Order level: Rodentia. (อันดับสัตว์ฟันแทะ)

Conservation Status

Boreal Red-Backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Spiny Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Boreal Red-Backed Vole Eastern Spiny Mouse
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Boreal Red-Backed Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

Eastern Spiny Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Boreal Red-Backed Vole

The Boreal Red-backed Vole (Myodes gapperi) is a species in the genus Myodes. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Eastern Spiny Mouse

No description available.

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