Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Rodentia > Cricetidae > Microtus > Microtus oregoniMicrotus oregoni (creeping vole)Synonyms: Microtus bairdi; Microtus morosus; Microtus oregoni adocetus; Microtus oregoni cantwelli; Microtus serpens The creeping vole (Microtus oregoni), sometimes known as the Oregon meadow mouse, is a small rodent in the family Cricetidae. Ranging across the Pacific Northwest of United States and Canada, it is found in forests, grasslands, woodlands, and chaparral environments. The small-tailed, furry, brownish-gray mammal was first described in the scientific literature in 1839, from a specimen collected near the mouth of the Columbia River. The smallest vole in its range, it weighs around 19 g (0.67 oz). At birth, they weigh 1.6 g (0.056 oz), are naked, pink, unable to open their eyes, and the ear flaps completely cover the ear openings. Although not always common throughout their range, there are no major concerns for their survival as a species. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.13 EDGE Score: 1.81 |
Adult Weight [1] | 20 grams | Birth Weight [1] | 1.6 grams | | Diet [2] | Granivore, Herbivore | Diet - Plants [2] | 80 % | Diet - Seeds [2] | 20 % | Forages - Ground [2] | 100 % | | Female Maturity [3] | 33 days | | Gestation [1] | 24 days | Litter Size [1] | 3 | Litters / Year [1] | 4 | Maximum Longevity [3] | 1 year | Snout to Vent Length [3] | 4.331 inches (11 cm) | Weaning [1] | 15 days |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Microtus oregoni, Leslie N. Carraway and B. J. Verts, Mammalian Species No. 233, pp. 1-6 (1985) ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 4International Flea DatabaseEcoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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