Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Creeping Vole
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,677 meters (0 to 5,502 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
)
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
)
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
)
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
)
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
)
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
)
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
)
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
(
)
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
(
)
- Brandt, 1855
- Infraorder:
Myodonta
(
)
- (Schaub, in Grassé & Dekeyser, 1955) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superfamily:
Muroidea
(
)
- Illiger, 1811
- Family:
Muridae
(
)
- (Illiger, 1811) Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Arvicolinae
(
)
- Tribe:
Arvicolini
(
)
- Genus:
Microtus
(
)
- Schrank, 1798
- Specific name:
oregoni
- Subspecies:
oregoni
- Scientific name: - Microtus oregoni oregoni
- Subspecies:
oregoni
- Specific name:
oregoni
- Genus:
Microtus
(
- Tribe:
Arvicolini
(
- Subfamily:
Arvicolinae
(
- Family:
Muridae
(
- Superfamily:
Muroidea
(
- Infraorder:
Myodonta
(
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Microtus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 121 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
M. abbreviatus (St. Matthews Island Vole) · M. abbreviatus abbreviatus (Hall Island Insular Vole) · M. abbreviatus fisheri (Insular Vole) · M. agrestis (Short-Tailed Field Vole) · M. arvalis (Common Vole) · M. bavaricus (Bavarian Pine Vole) · M. brachycercus (CALABRIA PINE VOLE) · M. breweri (Beach Vole) · M. cabrerae (Cabrera's Vole) · M. californicus (California Vole) · M. californicus californicus (California Vole) · M. californicus mohavensis (Amargosa Vole) · M. californicus sanpabloensis (San Pablo Vole) · M. californicus scirpensis (Amargosa Vole) · M. californicus stephensi (Stephen's California Vole) · M. californicus vallicola (Amargosa Vole) · M. canicaudus (Gray-Tailed Vole) · M. chrotorrhinus (Southern Rock Vole) · M. chrotorrhinus carolinensis (Southern Rock Vole) · M. chrotorrhinus chrotorrhinus (Rock Vole) · M. chrotorrhinus ravus (Labrador Rock Vole) · M. clarkei (Clarke's Vole) · M. daghestanicus (Daghestan Pine Vole) · M. duodecimcostatus (Mediterranean Pine Vole) · M. evoronensis (Evoron Vole) · M. felteni (BALKAN PINE VOLE) · M. fortis (Reed Vole) · M. gerbei (Pyrenean Pine Vole) · M. gregalis (Narrow-Headed Vole) · M. gregalis brevicauda (Narrow-Headed Vole) · M. guatemalensis (Guatemalan Vole) · M. guentheri (G?nther's Vole) · M. hyperboreus (North Siberian Vole) · M. ilaeus (Kazakhstan Vole) · M. irani (Persian Vole) · M. irene (Chinese Scrub Vole) · M. juldaschi (Juniper Vole) · M. kermanensis (Baluchistan Vole) · M. kikuchii (Taiwan Vole) · M. kirgisorum (Tien Shan Vole) · M. leucurus (Blyth's Vole) · M. levis (East European Vole) · M. liechtensteini (Liechtensteins Pine Vole) · M. limnophilus (Lacustrine Vole) · M. longicaudus (San Bernardino Long-Tailed Vole) · M. longicaudus coronarius (Alexander Islands Long-Tailed Vole) · M. longicaudus leucophaeus (Mount Graham Long-Tailed Vole) · M. longicaudus longicaudus (Coronation Island Vole) · M. lusitanicus (Lusitanian Pine Vole) · M. majori (Major's Pine Vole) · M. maximowiczii (Maximowicz's Vole) · M. mexicanus (Mexican Vole) · M. mexicanus hualpaiensis (Haulapai Mexican Vole) · M. mexicanus mexicanus (Mexican Vole) · M. middendorffi (Middendorf's Vole) · M. middendorffii (Middendorff's Vole) · M. miurus (Singing Vole) · M. mogollonensis (Mogollon Vole) · M. mogollonensis hualpaiensis (Hualapai Vole) · M. mogollonensis navaho (Navajo Vole) · M. mongolicus (Mongolian Vole) · M. montanus (Pahranagat Valley Montane Vole) · M. montanus arizonensis (Arizona Montane Vole) · M. montanus codiensis (Cody Mountain Vole) · M. montanus fucosus (Pahranagat Valley Montane Vole) · M. montanus nevadensis (Amargosa Vole) · M. montanus rivularis (Virgin River Montane Vole) · M. montanus zygomaticus (Big Horn Montane Vole) · M. montebelli (Japanese Grass Vole) · M. montebelli montebelli (Japanese Grass Vole) · M. mujanensis (Muisk Vole) · M. multiplex (Alpine Pine Vole) · M. nasarovi (Nasarov's Vole) · M. oaxacensis (Tarabundi Vole) · M. obscurus (Altai Vole) · M. ochrogaster (Prairie Vole) · M. ochrogaster ludovicianus (Louisiana Vole) · M. ochrogaster ochrogaster (Prairie Vole) · M. ochrogaster taylori (Prairie Vole) · M. oeconomus (Root Vole) · M. oeconomus amakensis (Amak Island Tundra Vole) · M. oeconomus elymocetes (Montague Island Tundra Vole) · M. oeconomus innuitus (St Lawrence Island Tundra Vole) · M. oeconomus popofensis (Shumagin Island Tundra Vole) · M. oeconomus punukensis (Punuk Island Tundra Vole) · M. oeconomus sitkensis (Alexander Islands Tundra Vole) · M. oeconomus unalascensis (Unalaska Tundra Vole) · M. oeconomus yakutatensis (Yakatat Tundra Vole) · M. oregoni (Creeping Vole) · M. oregoni oregoni (Creeping Vole) · M. paradoxus (Kopetdag Pine Vole) · M. pennsylvanicus (Chihuahua Vole) · M. pennsylvanicus admiraltiae (Admiralty Island Meadow Vole) · M. pennsylvanicus dukecampbelli (Florida Salt Marsh Vole) · M. pennsylvanicus kincaidi (Kincaid Meadow Vole) · M. pennsylvanicus nesophilus (Gull Island Vole) · M. pennsylvanicus nigrans (Dismal Swamp Meadow Vole) · M. pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus (Gull Island Vole) · M. pennsylvanicus provectus (Block Island Meadow Vole) · M. pennsylvanicus shattucki (Penobscot Meadow Vole)
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Further Reading
- A distributional list of the mammals of California, by Joseph Grinnell. San Francisco, The Academy, 1913. url p. 320.
- Catalogue of type specimens of mammals in Chicago Natural History Museum [by] Colin Campbell Sanborn. 32 1947 [Chicago]1947. url p. 243.
- Field book of North American mammals; descriptions of every mammal known north of the Rio Grande, together with brief accounts of habits, geographical ranges, etc., by H. E. Anthony. .. with 32 coloured plates and 175 photographs, pen-and-ink sketches and maps. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. url p. 432, p. 435.
- Journal of mammalogy. Baltimore, Md.: American Society of Mammalogists url p. 184.
- List of North American land mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911; by Gerrit S. Miller, jr. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1912. url p. 227.
- Mammals of America; technical editor, H. E. Anthony. .. artists, Carl Rungius, Belmore Browne, George A. King. .. New York, The University Society, inc.[c1917] url p. 333.
- Proceedings - California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 320.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 320.
- Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents for the year ending June 30. .. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1933-1965. url p. 81.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. 42 1928 Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 181.
- The mammals and life zones of Oregon. By Vernon Bailey. Washington[U.S. Govt. Print. Off.]1936. url p. 212.
- University of California publications in zoology. Berkeley: University Press, 1906- url p. 318.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 2 1948 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 117, p. 200, fig. 118, page 357, figs. 36-37, page 403, p. 441, figs. 68-76, page 459, figs. 86-94, page 461, figs. 105-115, page 463.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 4, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2480632
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2335374
Footnotes
- Mean = 580.460 meters (1,904.396 feet), Standard Deviation = 548.270 based on 182 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
