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 ...

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 Amargosa vole (Microtus californicus scripensis), a subspecies of the California vole, lives only in the marshes around Tecopa, California, and it is one of the most endangered mammals in the ...

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 ...

There are six species of voles in California; however, the one doing damage to your plants is most likely Microtus californicus. Voles are also called meadow mice, but shouldn’t be confused with ...

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 ...

– Voles, also called meadow mice or field mice, are small rodents in the Microtus family. Voles are chunky in build with small ears, gray or brown fur and tails. A vole is about the same size as ...

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

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

In contrast, meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus), a similar but separate species, prowl their habitat for any available female and show no interest in staying in touch.

Evolutionary neurobiologist Steve Phelps and colleagues tracked prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) in the field. Male voles that had larger home ranges left their nests more often and met up ...