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The bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) is a small vole with red-brown fur and some grey patches, with a tail about half as long as its body. A rodent, it lives in woodland areas and is around 100 millimetres (3.9 in) in length. The bank vole is found in much of Europe and in northwestern Asia.
After approximately 20 generations of selective breeding, voles from the Aerobic lines evolved a 60% higher swim-induced metabolic rate than voles from the unselected Control lines. Although the selection protocol does not impose a thermoregulatory burden, both the basal metabolic rate and thermogenic capacity increased in the Aerobic lines.
Voles are small rodents that grow to 8–23 cm (3–9 in), depending on the species. Females can have five to ten litters per year, though with an average lifespan of three months and requiring one month to adulthood, two litters is the norm. [1]
Voles. Bank vole, Myodes glareolus LC; Northern red-backed vole, Myodes rutilus LC; Grey red-backed vole, Myodes rufocanus LC; Martino's Dinaric vole, Dinaromys bogdanovi VU and: [n 1] Western Dinaric vole, Dinaromys longipedis [3] (Balkans) European water vole, Arvicola amphibius and: [n 1] Italian water vole, Arvicola italicus [2] (Italy ...
Red squirrel Bobak marmot Bank vole Common vole Striped field mouse Eurasian harvest mouse. Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gna
In Transcaucasia, the wildcat's diet consists of gerbils, voles, birds, and reptiles in the summer, and birds, mouse-like rodents, and hares in winter. [20] The Scottish wildcat mainly preys on European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), field vole (Microtus agrestis), bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus), wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus), and ...
The most convenient distinguishing feature of the Arvicolinae is the nature of their molar teeth, which have prismatic cusps in the shape of alternating triangles. These molars are an adaptation to a herbivorous diet in which the major food plants include a large proportion of abrasive materials such as phytoliths; the teeth get worn down by abrasion throughout the adult life of the animal and ...
The Clethrionomyini are a tribe of forest voles in the subfamily Arvicolinae. [1] ... Southern red-backed vole, C. gapperi; Bank vole, C. glareolus; Northern red ...