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Rock Vole

Microtus chrotorrhinus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) ddennism, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 25, February 26, March 41, April 80, May 153, June 72, July 54, August 49, September 51, October 42, November 26, December 23.
Canada886
United States758
Ontario641
Minnesota382
Quebec134
Michigan133
Newfoundland and Labrador73
North Carolina58
Tennessee57
New York43

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

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

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