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Unlike other voles, prairie voles are generally monogamous. The prairie vole is a notable animal model for studying monogamous behavior and social bonding because male and female partners form lifelong pair bonds, huddle and groom each other, share nesting and pup-raising responsibilities, and generally show a high level of affiliate behavior ...
Southern red-backed vole, Clethrionomys gapperi, coniferous forests; Water vole, Microtus richardsoni, high elevation stream and lake edges; Montane vole, Microtus montanus; Prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster; Sagebrush vole, Lemmiscus curtatus; Bushy-tailed woodrat, Neotoma cinerea, rocky areas, old buildings
Voles thrive on small plants yet, like shrews, they will eat dead animals and, like mice and rats, they can live on almost any nut or fruit. In addition, voles target plants more than most other small animals, making their presence evident. Voles readily girdle small trees and ground cover much like a porcupine. This girdling can easily kill ...
The gray-tailed vole (Microtus canicaudus) also known as the gray-tailed meadow vole or gray-tailed meadow mouse, is a rodent in the genus Microtus (small-eared "meadow voles") of the family Cricetidae. Voles are small mammals, and this species lies roughly in the middle of their size range.
In the woody vegetation there is a range of animals from small to large including meadow voles, short-tailed shrews, white-footed mice, raccoons, masked shrew. prairie deer mouse, prairie vole, and meadow jumping mouse. Signs of white-tailed deer, eastern cottontail, eastern chipmunk, eastern fox squirrel, domestic dog, and red fox were found. [7]
Long-tailed vole, Microtus longicaudus; Prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster; ... Black-tailed prairie dog, Cynomys ludovicianus; Southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys ...
Social vole (Microtus socialis) Transcaspian vole (Microtus transcaspicus) Subgenus Pedomys (not recognized by the ASM, listed in subgenus Pitymys) Prairie vole (M. ochrogaster) Subgenus Pitymys (includes the former subgenus Mynomes) Insular vole (Microtus abbreviatus) California vole (Microtus californicus) Gray-tailed vole (Microtus canicaudus)
Family: Cricetidae. Long-tailed vole, Microtus longicaudus; Prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster; Meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus; Woodland vole, Microtus ...