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Southern red-backed vole

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Species : Clethrionomys gapperi

 

The Southern red-backed 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 southern red-backed vole

) are controlled for collection, importation and possession; (v) Heather vole, Cricetidae Family (Phenacomys intermedius) is controlled for collection, importation and possession; (vi) Meadow vole, Cricetidae Family (Microtus pennsylvanicus) is noncontrolled for collection, and controlled for importation and possession; (vii) Red-backed vole, Cricetidae Family (Clethrionomys gapperi) is controlled for collection, importation and possession; (viii) Sagebrush vole, Cricetidae Family (Lemmiscus curtatus) is controlled for collection, importation and possession; (ix) Other voles, Cricetidae Family (Microtus spp.

Behavior Southern red-backed voles are active at all time during the year and can be seen at all times during the day. (Full text)

Interesting Facts Did you know that even though the southern red-backed vole is present in large numbers that it still has a very high mortality rate? (Full text)

Southern red-backed voles are active throughout the year, and are primarily nocturnal, spending inactive periods under logs or in burrows abandoned by other small mammals. (Full text)

The diet of the southern red-backed vole is composed primarily of vegetation and fungi, although insects are occasionally consumed. (Full text)

However, after cover and food resources recover, southern red-backed voles are able to colonize burned areas. (Full text)

Several species of small mice, including deer mice, and southern red-backed voles are also common. (Full text)

The southern red-backed vole (Clethrionomys gapperi) is the dominant small mammal in mature Atlantic white cedar swamps. (Full text)

The red-backed vole (Clethrionomys gapperi) is generally restricted to wetland forests and bogs. (Full text)

Diet The southern red-backed vole is an omnivore. (Full text)

The Southern Red-backed Vole is from the order Rodentia. (Full text)

The Red-backed Vole (Clethrionomys gapperi) is a fairly common inhabitant of woodland. (Full text)

(14 - 42 g) Physical Characteristics: The southern red-backed vole is a small, moderately short-tailed mouse with a reddish back, grayish sides, (Full text)

The southern red-backed vole is a small, moderately short-tailed mouse with a reddish back, grayish sides, and a silvery belly. (Full text)

Because the red-backed vole (Clethrionomys gapperi) is more closely tied to the boreal spruce-fir habitat, one would expect migratory barriers between mountaintops for this species to be less porous. (Full text)

Although the southern red-backed vole is a common small mammal across most of British Columbia, the race from the Lower Mainland is on the provincial "red" list as potentially threatened or endangered because it is known from only two historical locations. (Full text)

(vii) Red-backed vole, Cricetidae Family (Clethrionomys gapperi) is controlled for collection, importation and possession; (viii) Sagebrush vole, Cricetidae Family (Lemmiscus curtatus) is controlled for collection, importation and possession; (ix) Other voles, Cricetidae Family (Microtus spp. (Full text)

Southern Red-backed Voles are usually the most abundant mammal in any suitable habitat. (Full text)

1. Clethrionomys, genus Clethrionomys -- (a genus of Cricetidae)
Clethrionomys
genus Clethrionomys
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