#0295 · 🦊 mammals

Eastern Meadow Vole

🇳🇱 Graslandwoelmuis ·Microtus pennsylvanicus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The meadow vole ( Microtus pennsylvanicus ), sometimes called the field mouse or meadow mouse , is a North American vole found across Canada, Alaska and the northern United States. Its range extends farther south along the Atlantic coast. One subspecies, the Florida salt marsh vole ( M. p. dukecampbelli ), is found in Florida, and is classified as endangered. Previously it was also found in Chihuahua, Mexico, but has not been recorded since 1998.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,312iNaturalist 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.
7,312 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by George Ord in 1815 (211 years ago).