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Microtus kikuchii (Taiwan vole)

Synonyms: Alexandromys kikuchii (homotypic); Volemys kikuchii

Wikipedia Abstract

The Taiwan vole (Microtus kikuchii) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found only in Taiwan.
View Wikipedia Record: Microtus kikuchii

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  46 grams
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Litter Size [1]  2
Snout to Vent Length [1]  4.724 inches (12 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
South Taiwan monsoon rain forests Taiwan Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Taiwan subtropical evergreen forests Taiwan Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Taroko National Park II 227337 Taiwan  
Yushan National Park 260671 Taiwan      

Prey / Diet

Yushania niitakayamensis[3]

Predators

Trimeresurus gracilis (Kikuchi habu)[4]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan 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
♦ 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
♦ 3Feeding preference of the Formosan Mountain Field Vole (Microtus kikuchii) on Yushan Cane (Yushania niitakayamensis) in Hehuan Alpine Meadows, Su-Han Yeh, Y. Kirk Lin ,
♦ 4Food Habits of the Taiwanese Mountain Pitviper, Trimeresurus gracilis, Chia-Fan Lin and Ming-Chung Tu, Zoological Studies 47(6): 697-703 (2008)
♦ 5International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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