Bank Vole

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Bank Vole
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Arvicolinae Genus: Clethrionomys Species: C. glareolus
Binomial name
Clethrionomys glareolus (Flowerdew, J.R. & Trout, C., 1995)

The Bank Vole Clethrionomys glareolus is a small vole with red-brown fur and some grey patches. It lives in woodland areas and is around 100mm in length. It is found in western Europe and northern Asia. Bank voles can be found all over mainland Britain, but prefer coppiced areas of woodland with dense vegetation such as brackens and bramble. They can live for 18 months and are omnivorous, eating insects and fruits such raspberries.

[edit] References

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

Ferris-Khan, R. (Ed.). 1995. The Ecology of Woodland Creation. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester.

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