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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.
The California vole is a medium-sized vole, and a typical member of its group in appearance. Males range from 152 to 196 mm (6.0 to 7.7 in) in head-body length, with a 42 to 58 mm (1.7 to 2.3 in) tail.
The California interior chaparral and woodlands ecoregion covers 24,900 square miles (64,000 km 2) in an elliptical ring around the California Central Valley. It occurs on hills and mountains ranging from 300 feet (91 m) to 3,000 feet (910 m).
Slightly larger than moles, voles are 5 to 8 inches long and resemble field mice with short tails, compact heavy bodies, small eyes, and partially hidden ears, says Smith.
The Sonoma tree vole or California red tree mouse (Arborimus pomo) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. [2] The species is found in northwest California . [ 1 ] The preferred habitat for this primarily arboreal vole is old-growth Douglas-fir forests.
The California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion is subdivided into three smaller ecoregions. [1] California coastal sage and chaparral ecoregion: In southern coastal California and northwestern coastal Baja California, as well as all the Channel Islands of California and Guadalupe Island.
Insular vole, Microtus abbreviatus LC and: [n 3] 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
The western red-backed vole (Clethrionomys californicus) is a species of vole in the family Cricetidae. It is found in California and Oregon in the United States and lives mainly in coniferous forest. The body color is chestnut brown, or brown mixed with a considerable quantity of black hair gradually lightening on the sides and grading into a ...