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The southern red-backed vole or Gapper's red-backed vole (Clethrionomys gapperi) is a small slender vole found in Canada and the northern United States.It is closely related to the western red-backed vole (Clethrionomys californius), which lives to the south and west of its range and which is less red with a less sharply bicolored tail.
Southern red-backed vole, Myodes gapperi, dense forests, common Water vole , Microtus richardsoni , riparian, occasional Bushy-tailed woodrat , Neotoma cinerea , rocky slopes, common
At the same time, several species were moved to the genus Craseomys, so members of both genera are referred to as red-backed voles. [3] This genus was described by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel under the pseudonym "G. Tilesius". Some authors cite the taxonomic authority as "Gistel, 1850", whereas others still use "Tilesius, 1850". [4]
Craseomys is a genus of small, slender voles. [2] The complete list of species is: [2] Anderson's red-backed vole, C. andersoni; Imaizumi's red-backed vole, C. imaizumii; Korean red-backed vole, C. regulus; Hokkaido red-backed vole, C. rex; Grey red-backed vole, C. rufocanus; Shansei vole, C. shanseius; Smith's vole, C. smithii
Eastern meadow voles are active year-round [8] [9] and day or night, with no clear 24-hour rhythm in many areas. [10] Most changes in activity are imposed by season, habitat, cover, temperature, and other factors. Eastern meadow voles have to eat frequently, and their active periods (every two to three hours) are associated with food digestion.
Microtus is a genus of voles found in North America, Europe and northern Asia. The genus name refers to the small ears of these animals. They are stout rodents with short ears, legs and tails.
The western red-backed vole (Clethrionomys californicus) is a species of vole in the family Cricetidae. It is found in California and Oregon in the United States and lives mainly in coniferous forest. The body color is chestnut brown, or brown mixed with a considerable quantity of black hair gradually lightening on the sides and grading into a ...
The most convenient distinguishing feature of the Arvicolinae is the nature of their molar teeth, which have prismatic cusps in the shape of alternating triangles. These molars are an adaptation to a herbivorous diet in which the major food plants include a large proportion of abrasive materials such as phytoliths; the teeth get worn down by abrasion throughout the adult life of the animal and ...