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The western meadow vole (Microtus drummondii) is a species of North American vole found in western North America, the midwestern United States, western Ontario, Canada, and formerly in Mexico. It was previously considered conspecific with the eastern meadow vole ( M. pennsylvanicus ), but genetic studies indicate that it is a distinct species.
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 meadow vole, Florida salt marsh vole, and beach vole were formerly considered regional variants or subspecies of M. pennsylvanicus, but have all since been designated as distinct species. The eastern meadow vole is active year-round, usually at night.
Microtus schelkovnikovi - Schelkovnikov's pine vole; Subgenus Mynomes. Microtus breweri - beach vole; Microtus canicaudus - gray-tailed vole; Microtus drummondi - Western meadow vole; Microtus dukecampbelli - Florida salt marsh vole; Microtus montanus - montane vole; Microtus oregoni - creeping vole; Microtus pennsylvanicus - meadow vole
North American water vole; Western meadow vole; Woodland vole; Z. Zempoaltépec vole This page was last edited on 3 May 2023, at 16:41 (UTC). Text ...
Singing vole, Microtus miurus [n 12] LC; California vole, Microtus californicus [n 4] LC (ssp. scirpen: E) Gray-tailed vole, Microtus canicaudus [n 1] LC; Rock vole, Microtus chrotorrhinus [n 4] LC; Western meadow vole, Microtus drummondii NE; Florida salt marsh vole, Microtus dukecampbelli E; Guatemalan vole, Microtus guatemalensis NT
Mynomes is a North American subgenus of voles in the genus Microtus. Species in this subgenus are: Gray-tailed vole, M. canicaudus; Western meadow vole M. drummondii; Florida salt marsh vole M. dukecampbelli; Montane vole, M. montanus; Creeping vole, M. oregoni; Eastern meadow vole, M. pennsylvanicus; Townsend's vole, M. townsendii
Another species from the same genus, the meadow vole, has promiscuously mating males, and scientists have changed adult male meadow voles' behavior to resemble that of prairie voles in experiments in which a viral vector was used to increase a single gene's expression within a particular brain region. [15]