California Vole

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California vole
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Microtus
Species: M. californicus
Binomial name
Microtus californicus
(Peale, 1848)

The California Vole (Microtus californicus) is a type of vole which lives throughout much of California and some southwestern Oregon. It is also known as the California Meadow Mouse. It averages 172 mm in length although this length varies greatly between subspecies.

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