Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Rodentia > Cricetidae > Microtus > Microtus pinetorumMicrotus pinetorum (woodland vole; pine vole)Synonyms: Arvicola apella; Arvicola kennicottii; Arvicola scalopsoides; Microtus parvulus; Microtus pinetorum auricularis; Microtus pinetorum nemoralis; Microtus pinetorum parvulus; Microtus pinetorum pinetorum; Pitymys parvulus; Pitymys pinetorum; Pitymys pinetorum carbonarius; Pitymys pinetorum schmidti; Psammomys pinetorum Language: French The woodland vole (Microtus pinetorum) is a small vole found in eastern North America. It is also known as the pine vole. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.44 EDGE Score: 1.86 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 26 grams | | Birth Weight [1] | 2 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Granivore, Herbivore | | Diet - Plants [2] | 80 % | | Diet - Seeds [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 100 % | | | Female Maturity [1] | 3 months 8 days | | | Gestation [1] | 21 days | | Litter Size [1] | 3 | | Litters / Year [1] | 3 | | Maximum Longevity [1] | 4 years | | Nocturnal [3] | Yes | | Snout to Vent Length [4] | 3.937 inches (10 cm) | | Weaning [1] | 21 days |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Allegheny Highlands forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Atlantic coastal pine barrens |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Central and Southern mixed grasslands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Central forest-grasslands transition |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Central tall grasslands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Central U.S. hardwood forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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East Central Texas forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Eastern forest-boreal transition |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Edwards Plateau savanna |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Flint Hills tall grasslands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Middle Atlantic coastal forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Mississippi lowland forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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New England-Acadian forests |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Northeastern coastal forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Ozark Mountain forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Piney Woods forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Southeastern conifer forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Southeastern mixed forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Southern Great Lakes forests |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Texas blackland prairies |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Upper Midwest forest-savanna transition |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Western Great Lakes forests |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Western Gulf Coastal grasslands |
Mexico, United States |
Nearctic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Antietam National Battlefield |
III |
3263 |
Maryland, United States |
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Big Thicket Biosphere Reserve National Park |
II |
616880 |
Texas, United States |
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Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
19192 |
Maryland, United States |
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Buffalo National River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
V |
59947 |
Arkansas, United States |
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Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve |
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310228 |
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States |
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Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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40530 |
United States |
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Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve |
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9859505 |
New York, Vermont, United States |
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Chickasaw National Recreation Area |
V |
7025 |
Oklahoma, United States |
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Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research |
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North Carolina, United States |
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Cumberland Gap National Hist. Park National Historical Park |
V |
24282 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, United States |
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Edwin S. George Reserve |
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1297 |
Michigan, United States |
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George Washington Birthplace National Monument |
V |
435 |
Virginia, United States |
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George Washington Memorial Parkway |
V |
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Virginia, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
3161 |
New Jersey, United States |
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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park |
V |
1926 |
Alabama, United States |
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Hot Springs National Park |
II |
5740 |
Arkansas, United States |
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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore |
II |
8272 |
Indiana, United States |
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Land Between the Lakes Biosphere Reserve |
V |
166264 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, United States |
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Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial |
III |
96 |
Indiana, United States |
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Little River National Wildlife Refuge |
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Oklahoma, United States |
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Long Point Biosphere Reserve |
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100325 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park |
II |
51235 |
Kentucky, United States |
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Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve |
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470167 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
38256 |
Florida, United States |
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Ozark National Scenic Riverways National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
V |
54621 |
Missouri, United States |
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Santee Coastal Reserve and Washo Reserve State Habitat Area |
IV |
20850 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Shenandoah National Park |
II |
108221 |
Virginia, United States |
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Shiloh National Military Park |
III |
4061 |
Tennessee, United States |
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore |
II |
62563 |
Michigan, United States |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Tennessee River Gorge |
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Tennessee, United States |
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Upper Miss. River Nat'l Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
25823 |
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States |
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Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
26618 |
Alabama, United States |
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Habitat Vegetation Classification |
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Location |
Website |
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Appalachian Ruderal Hardwood Forest |
United States (South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia) |
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Interior Low Plateau Beech - Maple Forest |
United States (Indiana, Tennessee, Missouri, Alabama, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky) |
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Louisiana Longleaf Pine Fleming Glade |
United States (Louisiana) |
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Slash Pine Managed Forest |
United States (South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas) |
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Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Ruderal Loblolly Pine - Shortleaf Pine Forest |
United States (Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas) |
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Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Shortleaf Pine - Loblolly Pine Naturally Mixed Forest |
United States (Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Clayey Longleaf Pine Woodland (Dry Type) |
United States (Texas, Louisiana) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Loblolly Pine - Hardwood Forest |
United States (Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Dry-Mesic Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland |
United States (Texas, Louisiana) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Fire-Infrequent Xeric Longleaf Pine Sandhill Woodland |
United States (Texas, Louisiana) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Longleaf - Mixed Pine - Sweetgum Forest |
United States (Louisiana, Texas) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Managed Loblolly Pine Forest |
United States (Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Loblolly Pine - Mixed Hardwood Forest |
United States (Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland |
United States (Louisiana, Texas) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Ruderal Longleaf Pine Flatwoods, Fire-Suppressed Phase |
United States (Louisiana) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Ruderal Slash Pine Wet Woodland |
United States (Louisiana) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Shortleaf Pine - Post Oak Forest |
United States (Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Subcalcareous Pine - Hardwood Slope & Stream Bottom Forest |
United States (Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna (High Terraces Type) |
United States (Louisiana, Texas) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Xeric Upland Shortleaf Pine - Oak Woodland |
United States (Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma) |
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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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