| Sibling Vole | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Microtus |
| Species: | M. epiroticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Microtus epiroticus |
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The Sibling Vole (Microtus epiroticus[1]) is a species of vole found through much of northern Europe. First discovered in 1960 in the Grumantbyen area, they were thought to be the Common Vole until a genetic analysis correctly identified them in 1990.[2]
The sibling vole mainly lives in meadows and agricultural environments, in an area delimited by central Finland to the North and the Balkan Peninsula to the South.[2]