Arvicola terrestris

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,911 meters (0 to 9,551 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 09-Jun-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Arvicola

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. amphibius (European Water Vole) · A. sapidus (Southwestern Water Vole) · A. sapidus sapidus (Southwestern Water Vole) · A. terrestris (European Water Vole) · A. terrestris terrestris (European Water Vole)

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

• Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science, Mammal specimens
• Mammal Research Institute PAS, Mammal Collection
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Michigan State University Museum, Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Biological Records Centre - Mammal records from Britain from the Atlas of Mammals
• , with some subsequent records

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 107875
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-632819
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13765784
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 632819
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1137

Footnotes

1. Mean = 28.690 meters (94.127 feet), Standard Deviation = 43.830 based on 115,002 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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