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Bank Vole

Clethrionomys glareolus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) ttrouillet, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,067, February 788, March 1,235, April 1,942, May 2,800, June 3,054, July 3,268, August 2,810, September 2,063, October 1,540, November 842, December 658.
United States22,066
Alaska22,066
Germany948
Russia816
United Kingdom768
England660
Moscow347
France191
Niedersachsen164
Nordrhein-Westfalen158

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderRodents · Rodentia
FamilyHamsters, Voles, Lemmings, and Allies · Cricetidae
GenusRed-backed Voles · Clethrionomys

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