1985. Food habits of the meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) in bluegrass and prairie habitats. Journal of Mammalogy, 65:600-606. Madison, D. M. 1980. An integrated view of the social biology of ...

Voles have short legs, short tails, and small ears. The three local species of Microtus voles have quite wide geographic distributions, favoring grassy habitats of several types including wetlands ...

Urbanization has had visible morphological effects on chipmunks and voles in the Chicago metro area. While both chipmunks and ...

Genetic variation of the rock vole, Microtus chrotorrhinus. Journal of Mammalogy, 66:94-101. Kirkland, G.L., Jr. and R.J. Griffin. 1974. Microdistribution of small mammals at the coniferous -deciduous ...

Meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) had been busy creating paths from the garden to the compost pile to the bird feeders then over to the chicken coop as well as other less obvious destinations.

The creeping vole (Microtus oregoni) is an unassuming ball of fluff with a very curious arrangement of sex chromosomes. Now, researchers have found that these animals lost their Y ...

A new Field Museum study reveals that Chicago's chipmunks have grown larger with shorter teeth due to processed human food, ...

Closely related meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus), on the other hand, take a more standard approach. They mate with several females and pay little attention to their babies. Previous studies ...

Two species of voles are common in the Northeast, the meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) and the woodland vole (Microtus pinetorum). The common names indicate the sort of habitat each species ...

The team observed the squirrels hunting California voles (Microtus californicus californicus) almost every day between June 10 and July 30, which suggests the behavior became fairly common this year.