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Bank vole

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

 

The Bank 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 bank vole

shtml'); CallAdv(); CreateTd(1) The bank vole is a pest and causes the same kind of damage as mice to crops and farm buildings. (Full text)

In Portugal Clethrionomys glareolus is not prevalent, but hantavirus-seropositive wild rats have been documented (24). (Full text)

Bank Vole 2 Bank voles are most (Full text)

Bank Vole Often mistaken for a mouse, the bank vole is a small, long tailed, furry rodent. (Full text)

Diabetic bank voles are infected with a virus, the Ljungan virus, and their illness reveal striking similarities with type1 diabetes in humans. (Full text)

The bank vole is also common throughout much of western and central Europe (4). (Full text)

Bank voleClethrionomys glareolus Bank voles are widespread across mainland Britain, but are absent from some offshore islands. (Full text)

bank voles are more often seen in forested areas or bushy undergrowth. (Full text)

) My Collins British wildlife book suggests bank voles are a reddish colour and short-tailed voles are grey-brown. (Full text)

The Bank vole is a cousin of the Water vole but only half the size. (Full text)

Bank Voles are fairly common residents of deciduous woodland, where they feed on nuts, seeds, leaves, fungi and small invertebrates. (Full text)

The bank vole is the smallest of the vole species in Britain and after . (Full text)

htm The bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) is the natural reservoir of Puumala virus (PUUV), (Full text)

[TABULAR DATA FOR TABLE 2 OMITTED] DISCUSSION Spacing behavior and reproductive success Our results indicate that the reproductive success of female bank voles, Clethrionomys glareolus, is connected with their space use if neighboring breeding females are non-kin. (Full text)

Olsson · 1 page · More from publication Demographic factors associated with hantavirus infection in bank voles - Clethrionomys glareolus The bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) is the natural reservoir of Puumala virus (PUUV), a species in the genus Hantavirus. (Full text)

Water voles may be protected, but I'm pretty sure bank voles are not. (Full text)

Slightly OT: If, by any chance it turns out that field or bank voles are protected (which I doubt) rest assured that it's only a UK thing, rather than an EU directive. (Full text)

The bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) is the natural reservoir of Puumala virus (PUUV), a species in the genus Hantavirus. (Full text)

The bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) is the natural reservoir species of this hantavirus. (Full text)

The bank vole is the smallest of the vole species in Britain and after the wood mouse it is probably Britain's most abundant small rodent. (Full text)

Unfortunately I'm in the studio so I haven't got my bird ID Books for the latin names, but I can tell you from memory that the Bank Vole is Clethryonymys glareolus if I remember correctly. (Full text)

Very common in deciduous woodland, scrub and hedgerows, the bank vole is rarely found away from some form of cover. (Full text)

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