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Taiwan vole

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Species : Volemys kikuchii

 

The Taiwan vole is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the Taiwan vole

Taiwan Vole or Volemys kikuchii is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to B1+2c. (Full text)

1. vole, field mouse -- (any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae esp. of genus Microtus having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows)
vole
field mouse
(Source WordNet)