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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 ...
Woodland voles live in family groups in burrow systems in home ranges around 14.75-17.75 in (40–45 cm). [4] The burrows are exclusive to the family groups, however a group usually does not need to defend its burrows as other voles usually will not invade them. [6]
Eastern meadow voles tend to remain in home ranges and defend at least a portion of their home ranges from conspecifics. Home ranges overlap and have irregular shapes. [ 9 ] Home range size depends on season, habitat, and population density: ranges are larger in summer than winter, those in marshes are larger than in meadows, and are smaller at ...
The common vole is hardly restricted in means of distribution and habitat and inhabits large areas of Eurasia but, apart from the Orkney vole, not the British Isles, where it is replaced by the related field vole, Microtus agrestis. As Microtus arvalis followed human civilization, primary and secondary habitats can be distinguished.
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 ...
California vole subspecies are listed as species of special concern and one is endangered. “This was shocking,” Jennifer Smith, an associate professor of biology at the University of Wisconsin ...
The North American water vole or just water vole (Microtus richardsoni) is the largest North American vole. It is found in the northwestern United States and southern parts of western Canada . This animal has been historically considered a member of genus Arvicola , but molecular evidence demonstrates that it is more closely related to North ...
The European water vole (Arvicola amphibius) or northern water vole is a semi-aquatic rodent. It is often informally called the water rat , though it only superficially resembles a true rat . [ 3 ] Water voles have rounder noses than rats, deep brown fur, chubby faces and short fuzzy ears; unlike rats their tails, paws and ears are covered with ...