#0182 · 🦊 mammals

European Snow Vole

🇳🇱 Europese Sneeuwmuis ·Chionomys nivalis

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Svíčková · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Lorenzo Vinciguerra · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Lorenzo Vinciguerra · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Province of Belluno, Italy:© loganw · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Golan, IL:© Uriel Levy · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Campo Imperatore, 67100 L'Aquila, Province of L'Aquila, Italy:© Emanuele Santarelli · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Zakopane, Polska:© zsiciarz · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Fossano, Piemonte, IT:© Massimo Pettavino · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Unnamed Rd, Івано-Франківська область, Україна:© Viktor Shparyk · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Рожнятівський район, Івано-Франківська область, Україна:© Mikhail Rusin · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The European snow vole or snow vole ( Chionomys nivalis , previously Arvicola nivalis and Microtus nivalis ) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. 5 in) long, with a tail which is 7 cm long.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 243iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
243 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles Frédéric Martins in 1842 (184 years ago).