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Common Vole

Microtus arvalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 764, February 564, March 884, April 1,390, May 2,004, June 2,186, July 2,339, August 2,011, September 1,477, October 1,102, November 602, December 471.
United States15,794
Alaska15,794
Germany61
Russia51
Czechia36
France35
Italy27
Poland26
Netherlands22
Austria19

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderRodents · Rodentia
FamilyHamsters, Voles, Lemmings, and Allies · Cricetidae
GenusMeadow Voles · Microtus

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