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Some facts about the
European water vole
Adult weight : 0.12 kg (0.264 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 3 years
Female maturity :51 days
Male maturity : 45 days
Gestation : 21 days
Weaning : 14 days
Litter size : 5
Litters per year : 3
Interval between litters : 32 days
Weight at birth : 0.005 kg (0.011 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 0.042 kg (0.0924 lbs)
Basal metabolic rate : 1 W
Body mass : 0.095 kg (0.209 lbs)
Temperature : 37.85 °C (100.13 °F)
European water vole
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Species : Arvicola terrestris
The European water vole is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Facts about the European water vole
Water VoleRelated LinksWater quotes Description The Water Vole (Arvicola terrestris) is an aquatic mammal that resembles a rat.
Among the mammals the water vole (Arvicola terrestris) is common everywhere, and the european otter (Lutra lutra) is included in the Red Book of Armenia.
The European water vole (Arvicola terrestris) is the largest of the native Eurasian voles, weighing up to 250 grams and having a body up to 22 cm long and a tail up to 13 cm.
Water Vole Water Vole in the news Description The Water Vole (Arvicola terrestris) is an aquatic mammal that resembles a rat.
Description The Water Vole (Arvicola terrestris) is a semi-aquatic mammal that resembles a rat. (Full text)
Endangered species The water vole (Arvicola terrestris) is the UK's most threatened mammal. (Full text)
(I-Newswire) - The water vole ( Arvicola terrestris ) is an endangered species in the UK, and ecologists Dr Tom Moorhouse and Professor David Macdonald of Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit had been monitoring the size of two populations - one in Norfolk and one Wiltshire - when they noticed a 48% decline in the number of females born at the Norfolk site. (Full text)
The water vole (Arvicola terrestris) is an endangered species in the UK, and ecologists Dr Tom Moorhouse and Professor David Macdonald of Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit had been monitoring the size of two populations - one in Norfolk and one Wiltshire - when they noticed a 48% decline in the number of females born at the Norfolk site. (Full text)