''Microtus'' is a genus of

vole Voles are small rodents that are relatives of lemmings and hamsters, but with a stouter body; a longer, hairy tail; a slightly rounder head; smaller eyes and ears; and differently formed molars (high-crowned with angular cusps instead of lo ...

s found in North America,

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and northern

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. The genus name refers to the small ears of these animals. About 62 species are placed in the genus. They are stout rodents with short ears, legs and tails. They eat green vegetation such as grasses and sedges in summer, and grains, seeds, root and bark at other times. The genus is also called "meadow voles".ITIS database
Microtus skulls Bailey 1900

The species are: * Insular vole (''M. abbreviatus'') * California vole (''M. californicus'') *

Rock vole The rock vole (''Microtus chrotorrhinus'') is a medium-sized vole found in eastern North America. It is also called the yellow-nosed vole. Description This species is similar in appearance to the larger taiga vole. It has short ears and a long t ...

(''M. chrotorrhinus'') * Long-tailed vole (''M. longicaudus'') * Mexican vole (''M. mexicanus'') * Singing vole (''M. miurus'') * Mogollon vole (''M. mogollonensis'') * Water vole (''M. richardsoni'') * Zempoaltépec vole (''M. umbrosus'') * Taiga vole (''M. xanthognathus'') Subgenus ''Microtus'' * Short-tailed field vole (''M. agrestis'') * Anatolian vole (''M. anatolicus'') * Common vole (''M. arvalis'') * Cabrera's vole (''M. cabrerae'') * Doğramaci's vole (''M. dogramacii'') * Elbeyli vole (''M. elbeyli'') * Günther's vole (''M. guentheri'') * Harting's vole (''M. hartingii'') * Tien Shan vole (''M. ilaeus'') * Persian vole (''M. irani'') * Mediterranean field vole (''M. lavernedii'') * Kerman vole (''M. kermanensis'') *

Turkish vole Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities ...

(''M. lydius'') * East European vole (''M. mystacinus'') *

Altai vole The common vole (''Microtus arvalis'') is a European rodent. Distribution and habitat The common vole is hardly restricted in means of distribution and habitat and inhabits large areas of Eurasia but, apart from the Orkney vole, not the Bri ...

(''M. obscurus'') * Paradox vole (''M. paradoxus'') * Qazvin vole (''M. qazvinensis'') * Portuguese field vole (''M. rosianus'') *

Schidlovsky's vole Schidlovsky's vole (''Microtus schidlovskii'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is normally found in northwestern Armenia, and was long considered a subspecies of the social vole The social vole (''Microtus socialis'') is a ...

(''M. schidlovskii'') *

Social vole The social vole (''Microtus socialis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Syria, Turkey, and Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is ...

(''M. socialis'') *

Transcaspian vole The Transcaspian vole (''Microtus transcaspicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country locate ...

(''M. transcaspicus'') Subgenus ''

Blanfordimys ''Blanfordimys'' is a subgenus of voles in the family ''Microtus''. It was formerly considered a distinct genus, but taxonomic studies group it within the ''Microtus'' radiation. It contains the following species: * Afghan vole The Afghan vol ...

'' *

Afghan vole The Afghan vole (''Microtus afghanus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in south-central Asia. Characteristics The Afghan vole has a small, stocky body, a blunt, rounded muzzle and rounded ears. The colour varies ac ...

(''M. afghanus'') *

Bucharian vole The Bucharian vole (''Microtus bucharicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. Its natural habitat is temperate desert A desert is a barren area of land ...

(''M. bucharicus'') *

Juniper vole The juniper vole (''Microtus juldaschi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and Tajikistan. It was formerly classified in the genus ''Neodon'', but genetic evidence indicates that it is c ...

(''M. juldaschi'') Subgenus '' Terricola'' *

Bavarian pine vole The Bavarian pine vole (''Microtus bavaricus'') is a vole from the Austrian, Italian, and Bavarian Alps of Europe. It lives in moist meadows at elevations of 600 to 1,000 meters. Conservation There are 23 museum specimens of this species; it wa ...

(''M. bavaricus) *

Calabria pine vole The Calabria pine vole (''Microtus brachycercus'') is a vole found in southern and central Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middl ...

(''M. brachycercus'') *

Daghestan pine vole The Daghestan pine vole (''Microtus daghestanicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Russia, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also ...

(''M. daghestanicus'') *

Mediterranean pine vole The Mediterranean pine vole (''Microtus duodecimcostatus'') is a species of rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each ...

(''M. duodecimcostatus'') *

Felten's vole Felten's vole (''Microtus felteni'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Albania, Greece, North Macedonia, and Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian lang ...

(''M. felteni'') *

Gerbe's vole Gerbe's vole (''Microtus gerbii'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in France and Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto ...

(''M. gerbii'') *

Liechtenstein's pine vole Liechtenstein's pine vole (''Microtus liechtensteini'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in central and eastern Europe, from northern Italy through to Austria, Slovenia and Croatia. References *D.E. Wilson & D.M ...

(''M. liechtensteini'') *

Lusitanian pine vole The Lusitanian pine vole (''Microtus lusitanicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the northwestern half of the Iberian Peninsula where it occurs in central and northern Portugal, northwest Spain, and in the ext ...

(''M. lusitanicus'') *

Major's pine vole Major's pine vole (''Microtus majori'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in Caucasus region and its vicinities (Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, ...

(''M. majori'') * Alpine pine vole (''M. multiplex'') * Sicilian pine vole (''M. nebrodensis'') * Savi's pine vole (''M. savii'') *

European pine vole The European pine vole (''Microtus subterraneus''), also known as the common pine vole, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hams ...

(''M. subterraneus'') * Tatra pine vole (''M. tatricus'') *

Thomas's pine vole Thomas's pine vole (''Microtus thomasi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and possibly Albania. References *Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carl ...

(''M. thomasi'') Subgenus '' Mynomes'' * Gray-tailed vole (''M. canicaudus'') * Western meadow vole (''M. drummondi'') * Florida salt marsh vole (''M. dukecampbelli'') * Montane vole (''M. montanus'') * Creeping vole (''M. oregoni'') * Eastern meadow vole (''M. pennsylvanicus'') *

Beach vole The beach vole (''Microtus breweri'') or Muskeget vole is a rodent in the family Cricetidae. This close relative of the eastern meadow vole (''Microtus pennsylvanicus'') is endemic to the 0.87km² Muskeget Island, Massachusetts. Due to its relati ...

(''M. breweri'') * Townsend's vole (''M. townsendii'') Subgenus '' Alexandromys'' *

Clarke's vole Clarke's vole ('Microtus clarkei'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, wi ...

(''M. clarkei'') *

Evorsk vole The Evorsk vole (''Microtus evoronensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning ...

(''M. evoronensis'') * Reed vole (''M. fortis'') *

Taiwan vole The Taiwan vole (''Microtus kikuchii'', now ''Alexandromys kikuchii'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, It is an endemic species of Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the ...

(''M. kikuchii'') * Lacustrine vole (''M. limnophilus'') *

Maximowicz's vole Maximowicz's vole (''Microtus maximowiczii'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in northeastern China, Mongolia, and eastern Russia. Description Maximowicz's vole is one of the largest voles in the genus '' Microt ...

(''M. maximowiczii'') *

Middendorf's vole Middendorf's vole (''Microtus middendorffi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Russia, most commonly north Siberia. The common name commemorates Alexander Theodor von Middendorff (1815–1894), a German–Rus ...

(''M. middendorffi'') *

Mongolian vole The Mongolian vole (''Microtus mongolicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Mongolia, and Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental ...

(''M. mongolicus'') *

Japanese grass vole The Japanese grass vole (''Microtus montebelli'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the ...

(''M. montebelli'') *

Muisk vole The Muya Valley vole or Muisk vole (''Alexandromys mujanensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontine ...

(''M. mujanensis'') *

Tundra vole The tundra vole (''Microtus oeconomus'') or root vole is a medium-sized vole found in Northern and Central Europe, Asia, and northwestern North America, including Alaska and northwestern Canada. In the western part of the Netherlands, the tundra ...

or root vole (''M. oeconomus'') - several subspecies *

Sakhalin vole The Sakhalin vole (''Microtus sachalinensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spann ...

(''M. sachalinensis'') Subgenus ''

Stenocranius ''Stenocranius'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At almost 6 ...

'' *

Narrow-headed vole The narrow-headed vole (''Microtus gregalis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Ranging over northern and central Asia and also into Alaska, it is the only species in the subgenus ''Stenocranius''. Description The narrow-headed ...

(''M. gregalis'') Subgenus '' Pitymys'' * Guatemalan vole (''M. guatemalensis'') * Tarabundí vole (''M. oaxacensis'') *

Woodland vole The woodland vole (''Microtus pinetorum'') is a small vole found in eastern North America. It is also known as the pine vole. Characteristics The woodland vole has a head and body length ranging between with a short tail. Its weight ranges bet ...

(''M. pinetorum'') * Jalapan pine vole (''M. quasiater'') Subgenus '' Pedomys'' * Prairie vole (''M. ochrogaster'') Subgenus '' Hyrcanicola'' * Schelkovnikov's pine vole (''M. schelkovnikovi'')

Extinct species

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Tyrrhenian vole ''Microtus henseli'', the Tyrrhenian vole or Hensel's vole, was a rodent found in Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sarden ...

(''M. henseli'')

References

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