#0052 · 🦊 mammals

Field Vole

🇳🇱 Aardmuis ·Microtus agrestis

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The field vole or short-tailed vole ( Microtus agrestis ) is a grey-brown vole, around four inches (ten centimetres) in length, with a short tail. It is one of the most common mammals in Europe, with a range extending from the Atlantic coast to Lake Baikal. These voles are found in moist grassy habitats, such as woodland, marsh or on river banks. Although they make shallow burrows, they usually build nests above ground. They are an important food...

base stats

NL sightings 5iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,658iNaturalist observations
weight 2 gadult, up to
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).