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Taiga Vole

Microtus xanthognathus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 157, February 116, March 182, April 286, May 413, June 450, July 482, August 414, September 304, October 227, November 124, December 97.
United States3,297
Alaska3,254
Canada474
Yukon226
Northwest Territories207
Nunavut35
West Virginia10
Virginia9
Ohio6
Alberta6

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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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