Montane Vole
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A Montane Vole is a vole that lives in the North American Prairies.
- AKA: Microtus montanus.
- Context:
- It can (typically) be a Monogamous Animal.
- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Promiscuity, Polygamy.
References
2016
- http://naturalhistory.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=170
- QUOTE: Montane Voles are found in a variety of habitats, including woods and meadows. They are even found above timberline. Estimates of population densities are rather extreme. One report cited 185 Voles per hectare. Another study, of a population explosion in the Klamath River basin in 1957-1958, counted 1,200-1,600 per hectare. Owls, hawks, and falcons feed heavily on these numerous mammals, as do some mammals, among them coyotes and weasels. The Voles carry two diseases that can also infect humans, tularemia and giardia, and are used for laboratory studies of diseases, especially African trypanosomiasis. …
Sexual Dimorphism: Males may be 30% heavier than females in some populations. …
- QUOTE: Montane Voles are found in a variety of habitats, including woods and meadows. They are even found above timberline. Estimates of population densities are rather extreme. One report cited 185 Voles per hectare. Another study, of a population explosion in the Klamath River basin in 1957-1958, counted 1,200-1,600 per hectare. Owls, hawks, and falcons feed heavily on these numerous mammals, as do some mammals, among them coyotes and weasels. The Voles carry two diseases that can also infect humans, tularemia and giardia, and are used for laboratory studies of diseases, especially African trypanosomiasis. …
2013
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montane_vole
- The Montane Vole (Microtus montanus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
It is found in the western United States and British Columbia in Canada.
- The Montane Vole (Microtus montanus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.