vole - Range, Diet

A mouse-like rodent native to Asia, Europe, and North America; most species with large head, blunt snout, and short tail; eats grass, seeds and insects; population numbers rise and fall drastically every few years; closely related to lemmings. (Tribe: Microtini, 96 species.)

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The meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus, is found in many parts of North America
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genera
Microtus Myodes Phenacomys Lagurus Arvicola

A vole is a small rodent resembling a mouse but with a stouter body, a shorter hairy tail, a slightly rounder head, and smaller ears and eyes.

Range

Sometimes known as meadow mice or field mice in America, approximately 70 species of voles can be found in Europe, Asia, North Africa and North America.

Diet

Depending on the species, the vole's diet consists of seeds, tubers, conifers needles, bark, various green vegetation such as grass and clover, and insects.