Microtus
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The genus Microtus is a group of voles found in North America and northern Europe and Asia. The genus name refers to the small ears of these animals.
These animals live in grassy areas. They are stout rodents with short ears, legs and tails. They eat green vegetation such as grasses and sedges in summer and grains, seeds, roots and bark at other times.
The complete list of species is:
- Insular Vole (Microtus abbreviatus)
- Field Vole (Microtus agrestis)
- Common Vole (Microtus arvalis)
- Bavarian Pine Vole (Microtus bavaricus)
- Beach Vole (Microtus breweri)
- Cabrera's Vole (Microtus cabrerae)
- California Vole (Microtus californicus)
- Gray-tailed Vole (Microtus canicaudus)
- Rock Vole (Microtus chrotorrhinus)
- Daghestan Pine Vole (Microtus daghestanicus)
- Mediterranean Pine Vole (Microtus duodecimcostatus)
- Evorsk Vole (Microtus evoronensis)
- Felten's Vole (Microtus felteni)
- Reed Vole (Microtus fortis)
- Gerbe's Vole (Microtus gerbei)
- Narrow-headed Vole (Microtus gregalis)
- Guatemalan Vole (Microtus guatemalensis)
- Günther's Vole (Microtus guentheri)
- North Siberian Vole (Microtus hyperboreus)
- Persian Vole (Microtus irani)
- Chinese Scrub Vole (Microtus irene)
- Juniper Vole (Microtus juldaschi)
- Baluchistan Vole (Microtus kermanensis)
- Tien Shan Vole (Microtus kirgisorum)
- Blyth's Vole (Microtus leucurus)
- Lacustrine Vole (Microtus limnophilus)
- Long-tailed Vole (Microtus longicaudus)
- Lusitanian Pine Vole (Microtus lusitanicus)
- Major's Pine Vole (Microtus majori)
- Maximowicz's Vole (Microtus maximowiczii)
- Mexican Vole (Microtus mexicanus)
- Middendorf's Vole (Microtus middendorffi)
- Singing Vole (Microtus miurus)
- Mongolian Vole (Microtus mongolicus)
- Montane Vole (Microtus montanus)
- Japanese Grass Vole (Microtus montebelli)
- Muisk Vole (Microtus mujanensis)
- Alpine Pine Vole (Microtus multiplex)
- Nasarov's Vole (Microtus nasarovi)
- Tarabundi Vole (Microtus oaxacensis)
- Altai Vole (Microtus obscurus)
- Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster)
- Tundra Vole or Root Vole (Microtus oeconomus)
- Creeping Vole (Microtus oregoni)
- Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)
- Woodland Vole (Microtus pinetorum)
- Jalapan Pine Vole (Microtus quasiater)
- Water Vole (Microtus richardsoni)
- Southern Vole (Microtus rossiaemeridionalis)
- Savi's Pine Vole (Microtus savii)
- Schelkovnikov's Pine Vole (Microtus schelkovnikovi)
- Sikkim Vole (Microtus sikimensis)
- Social Vole (Microtus socialis)
- European Pine Vole (Microtus subterraneus)
- Tatra Pine Vole (Microtus tatricus)
- Thomas's Pine Vole (Microtus thomasi)
- Townsend's Vole (Microtus townsendii)
- Transcaspian Vole (Microtus transcaspicus)
- Zempoaltepec Vole (Microtus umbrosus)
- Taiga Vole (Microtus xanthognathus)
