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The prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) is a small vole found in central North America. Description. The vole has long, coarse grayish-brown fur on the upper portion of the body and yellowish fur on the lower portion of the body. It has short ears and a short tail, which is somewhat darker on top.
The prairie vole is a small Midwestern rodent known for shacking up and settling down, a tendency that is rare among mammals. Mated pairs form bonds, share a nest and raise young...
The Prairie vole is a small vole that lives in Central North America. It is widely found across the midwest, in grasslands and upland fields. They build underground runways alongside other voles. In North America, these animals are popular as field mice or meadow mice.
Voles are stocky, mouse-like little mammals that range over most of North America. One species in particular, the prairie vole, is known for its fidelity: Prairie voles pair-bond and mate...
Prairie voles are small herbivorous rodents native to alfalfa, bluegrass, and tallgrass prairie found in eastern and central North America (~40 to 70˚N) (Figure 1) (Getz et al., 1979) (Cole and Batzli, 1979).
The hormone oxytocin plays a key role in long-term relationships. But a study of prairie voles finds that the animals mate for life even without help from the "love hormone."
Prairie voles use an extensive runway system comprized of grass tunnels that helps to hide them from predators. Prairie voles are preyed upon by a wide variety of small to medium-sized predators. They are important as a prey base for raptors, owls, snakes, weasels, foxes, and bobcats.
Perhaps most exciting of all, from a scientific perspective, prairie voles have near-identical cousins called meadow voles that share none of their social proclivities. By comparing the...
Prairie voles have long been of interest to scientists looking at the neurobiology of bonding and monogamy. Larry Young from the primate research center at Emory University in Atlanta...
Prairie voles are hamster-sized Microtine rodents (typically 30–60 g) that are geographically distributed throughout grasslands in central North America. Prairie voles and related vole species are easily maintained and housed in standard rodent vivariums and are also routinely studied in their natural and semi-natural habitats . Both ...