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Field vole

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Species : Microtus agrestis

 

The Field 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 field vole

Gruber The field vole (Microtus agrestis) is commonly the most frequent and most harmful species of Microtine during mass outbreaks in Austrian forests. (Full text)

Of these the Field Vole (Microtus agrestis) is the most frequent prey animal (38 per cent). (Full text)

The field vole is a major food item for a number of predators, notably the Barn owl which has declined so drastically in recent years. (Full text)

The aim of this study is to test the prediction that field voles are less active and have smaller home ranges than root voles. (Full text)

The linkage of these loci to the X chromosome of the field-vole, Microtus agrestis, is indicated by the pattern of segregation of these loci in hybrid cells derived by fusion of mouse cells with vole lymphocytes. (Full text)

Resting and daily energy expenditures of free-living field voles are positively correlated but reflect extrinsic rather than intrinsic effects. (Full text)

Short-tailed Vole (Microtus agrestis) is widespread and Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) almost certainly occurs here, but has yet to be positively identified. (Full text)

Field voles are frequently found in grasslands where they establish elaborate tunnels between the grasses, undetectable to the eye. (Full text)

The tail of the field vole is quite short, approximately 1/3 the length of the entire body. (Full text)

back to topConservation The precise status of the field vole is not clear at present. (Full text)

Field voles are present on mainland Britain, but are absent from Ireland and some islands. (Full text)

Field Voles are often at least vaguely reddish but not to the same extent as Bank Voles - though I guess unusually dull Bank Voles could occur from time to time. (Full text)

Bank Vole - the rusty brown tone to the back is spot on (Field Vole is greyer). (Full text)

Hi Surrey, Bank Vole - the rusty brown tone to the back is spot on (Field Vole is greyer). (Full text)

The field vole is also called the short-tailed vole . (Full text)

Microtus agrestis is one of the examples whose giant and heterochromatin-rich sex chromosomes fail to establish a durable association at any stage of the first meiotic division in males. (Full text)

A Short-tailed (Field) Vole Microtus agrestis is a recognisable prey item in the first photograph. (Full text)

The principal vole in Britain, Microtus agrestis, is a surface-dwelling animal and therefore more vulnerable to agricultural practices than the continental, burrowing M. (Full text)

Resting and daily energy expenditures of free-living field voles are positively correlated but reflect extrinsic rather than intrinsic effects -- Speakman et al. (Full text)

The field vole is common in these ephemeral habitats but completely absent from forested areas, which lack grass cover. (Full text)

(field vole prefers grassland but also likes hedgerows) Also known as the common vole (field vole is also known as the short-tailed vole and was also sometimes referred to, erroneously, (Full text)

field vole is also called the short-tailed vole. (Full text)

Field voles are one of athe most numerous British mammals and because they are prolific breeders, populations in a favourable habitat often increase to number in their thousands - a vole plague. (Full text)