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The woodland vole has a head and body length ranging between 3.25–4.75 in (83–121 mm) with a 0.5–1.5 in (13–38 mm) short tail. Its weight ranges between 0.5–1.3 oz (14–37 g). It has a brown (light or dark) dorsal region with a whitish or silvery underside.
Voles outwardly resemble several other small animals. Moles, gophers, mice, rats and even shrews have similar characteristics and behavioral tendencies. 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 ...
White-tailed deer. White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) — The population in the state is enormous and growing in large part because of the expansion of rural residential lands that are hospitable for deer but not suitable for hunting. Other factors are the mixture of young and mature forests, milder winters, and fewer predators.
The short-tailed field vole is a small, dark brown rodent with a short tail, distinguishable from the closely related common vole (Microtus arvalis) by its darker, longer and shaggier hair and by its more densely haired ears. The head and body length varies between 8 and 13 centimetres (3.1 and 5.1 in) and the tail between 3 and 4 centimetres ...
The American, or northern, short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) The woodland vole (Microtus pinetorum) The snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus), typical of Canada, reaches its southernmost distribution in West Virginia.
Woodland vole, Microtus pinetorum Distribution: southernmost Maine, southern New Hampshire, southern Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Subspecies: Microtus pinetorum scalopsoides according to Hall (1981).
Long-tailed vole (Microtus longicaudus) Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus) Mogollon vole (Microtus mogollonensis) split from M. mexicanus [9] Montane vole (Microtus montanus) Tarabundí vole (Microtus oaxacensis) Creeping vole (Microtus oregoni) Eastern meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) Woodland vole (Microtus pinetorum) Jalapan pine vole ...
The white-tailed deer is the state wildlife animal of Wisconsin. Family Cervidae (deer) Genus: Alces. Moose, A. alces LC; Genus: Cervus. Elk, C. canadensis LC reintroduced; White-tailed deer, O. virginianus LC; Family Bovidae (bovids) Genus: Bison. American bison, B. bison NT extirpated