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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]
Unlike other voles in the range, only the creeping vole and the (much larger) water vole have five plantar tubercles on the hindfeet. [5] They are Pentadactyl, although the pollex is reduced in size and lack a claw. [5] They walk with their feet planted firmly on the ground (plantigrade locomotion). [5] The foot pads have a moderate amount of ...
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.
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]
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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 ...
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Sir David Attenborough describes how long-tailed macaques barter with tourists by stealing phones in the latest edition of Planet Earth.. The Planet Earth team has filmed the adapted behaviour of ...