#0016 · 🦊 mammals

Bank Vole

🇳🇱 Rosse Woelmuis ·Clethrionomys glareolus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The bank vole ( Clethrionomys glareolus ) is a small vole with red-brown fur and some grey patches, with a tail about half as long as its body. 9 in) in length. The bank vole is found in much of Europe and in northwestern Asia. It is native to Great Britain but not to Ireland, where it has been accidentally introduced, and has now colonised much of...

base stats

NL sightings 163iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,284iNaturalist 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).