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Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Chordate
Class: Mammal
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Microtus
species: pennsyluanicus
Scientific name: Microtus pennsyluanicus
Common name: Meadow Vole
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoMeadow voles are a mouse like rodent, with a slightly shorter tail. They are reddish brown in colour with a grey underside.
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∙ 14y agoMeadow Voles eat mostly grass, preferably salt grass but when grass is not
available in months like winter they will gnaw on tree bark, and eat nuts.
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How much does a meadow vole usually weigh?
Meadow voles weigh about 20 - 30 Grams.
Where are townsend meadow voles mostly populated?
Townsend Voles are mostly populated in the northwestern part of the U.S by the Washington coast line and Oregon
What do meadow voles get eaten by?
I do not know what they get eat en by but I can tell you one they get eaten by an barn owl
What kind of rodnets do barn owls eat?
They eat deer mice, meadow voles, white-footed mice, house micse, and short-tailed shrews. They eat deer mice, meadow voles, white-footed mice, house micse, and short-tailed shrews.
Where do voles lives?
Voles are called meadow mice and live in areas of heavy cover. To move through their habitat, they construct tunnels and runways where they birth their young, protect themselves from predators and store their food. Voles can be found in most areas that have mice.
Is a meadow vole a herbivore?
Yes.................. Lol....actually...voles ares omnivores not herbivores. It would depend on what type of vole you are looking at, but in general, voles are omnivores.
What do meadow voles shrews and house mice eat?
Voles will eat grasses, seeds, and maybe berries. I think shrews eat plants and bugs. Mice will eat almost anything in your kitchen that's food.
Does a vole use its rear legs for mobility?
Since a vole is also called a meadow rat, I believe that it does. Wikipedia has a very good article on voles.
What do meadow voles eat?
Meadow voles eat most available species of grasses, sedges, and forbs including many agricultural plant species.[15][6] In summer and fall grasses are cut into match-length sections to reach the succulent portions of the leaves and to reach seedheads. Leaves, flowers, and fruits of forbs are also typical components of the summer diet. Fungi, primarily endogones (Endogone spp.), have been reported in meadow vole diets. Meadow voles occasionally consume insects and snails. Meadow voles occasionally scavenge on animal remains, and cannibalism is frequent in periods of high population density. Meadow voles may damage woody vegetation by girdling when population density is high.[6]In winter meadow voles consume green basal portions of grass plants, often hidden under snow. Other winter diet components include seeds, roots, and bulbs. Meadow voles occasionally strip the bark from woody plants. Seeds and tubers are stored in nests and burrows.[14][15] Evidence of coprophagy is sparse but it is thought to occur.[15]In an old-field community in Quebec, plants preferred by meadow voles included quackgrass (Elytrigia repens), sedges, fescues (Festuca spp.), wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana), timothy (Phleum pratense), bluegrasses (Poa spp.), and bird vetch (Vicia cracca).[40]Meadow Voles also like to eat wheat. They consume up to 60% of their body weight by eating.Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadow_Vole#Food_Habits
What is a meadow?
Meadow voles are a mouse like rodent, with a slightly shorter tail. They are reddish brown in colour with a grey underside.
What type of animal eats voles?
Barn Owls eat voles I know cats do. My female cat catches them and eats them. Possums and raccons eat them.
Do voles eat voles?
Voles eat mostly fruits sometimes nuts, and berries
