Beach Vole

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Beach Vole
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Microtus Subgenus: Mynomes Species: M. breweri
Binomial name
Microtus breweri (Baird, 1858)

The Beach Vole (Microtus breweri) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is found only in the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.

[edit] References

• Kirkland, G.L., Jr. 2000. Microtus breweri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• 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.