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The long-tailed vole are apprehensive of other voles. [12] They are found in areas inhabited by other microtines, but generally avoid contact. [13] The montane vole is a more aggressive animal and is known to displace them from their habitat. [4] The more long-tailed voles in a given area, the more aggressive the montane voles become. [4]
The creeping vole (Microtus oregoni), sometimes known as the Oregon meadow mouse, is a small rodent in the family Cricetidae. Ranging across the Pacific Northwest of North America, it is found in forests , grasslands , woodlands , and chaparral environments.
Cyrenaica vole (Microtus mustersi) split from M. guentheri [6] East European vole (Microtus mystacinus) Altai vole (Microtus obscurus) split from M. arvalis [7] Paradox vole (Microtus paradoxus) East European gray vole (Microtus rossiaemeridionalis) split from M. mystacinus [8] Schidlovsky's vole (Microtus schidlovskii) Social vole (Microtus ...
More common in sagebrush deserts in eastern Oregon. Sea otter: Enhydra lutris: Mustelidae Extirpated; the last native sea otter in Oregon was killed in the early 20th century. In 1970 and 1971, 95 sea otters were reintroduced from Amchitka Island, Alaska, to the southern Oregon coast. However, the attempt failed and otters soon disappeared.
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The red tree vole is a rodent in the family Cricetidae. [2] It is found only in coastal forests of Oregon and northern California. They feed exclusively on the needles of conifers, primarily Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), though they occasionally eat the needles of western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), grand fir (Abies grandis), and Bishop pine (Pinus ...
Townsend's vole (Microtus townsendii) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, the sister species of M. canicaudus. [3] It is found in temperate grasslands of British Columbia in Canada and in the states of Washington and Oregon in the United States. [1] [4] Greek root words for "small ear" are the source for the genus name Microtus. [4]