Biology:Insular vole
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Short description: Species of rodent
| Insular vole | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Microtus |
| Subgenus: | Pitymys |
| Species: | M. abbreviatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Microtus abbreviatus Miller, 1899
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The insular vole or St. Matthew Island vole (Microtus abbreviatus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It occurs only on St. Matthew Island and the adjacent Hall Island, in Alaska.[1] On these Bering Sea islands, insular voles live in damp lowland areas, on the lower slopes of mountains, and on rye grass-covered beaches. They are diurnal and eat plant matter. Birds and Arctic foxes (which are the only other mammals on the island) prey on the voles.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cassola, F. (2016). "Microtus abbreviatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T13425A22350031. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T13425A22350031.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13425/22350031. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ "North American Mammals: Insular Vole". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=179.
Wikidata ☰ Q1761887 entry
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