Rock vole

Species of rodent

Rock vole
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Microtus
Subgenus: Pitymys
Species:
M. chrotorrhinus
Binomial name
Microtus chrotorrhinus
(Miller, 1894)

The rock vole (Microtus chrotorrhinus), also known as the yellow-nosed vole, is a medium-sized species of vole found in eastern North America.

Description

This species is similar in appearance to the larger taiga vole. It has short ears and a long tail which is paler underneath. The fur is greyish-brown with grey underparts and a yellowish nose. Its length averages 15 cm (5.9 in) long with a 5-cm tail, and it weighs about 39 g (1.4 oz).

Habitat and distribution

They are found on moist rocky slopes in eastern Canada and the northeastern United States. They make runways through the surface growth and shallow burrows. They are usually found in small colonies.

Ecology

They feed on grasses, mosses, underground fungi and berries (especially bunchberry), and also sometimes on caterpillars. Predators include hawks, owls, snakes and small carnivorous mammals.

Breeding

The female vole has two or three litters of four to seven young. They are active year-round, mainly during the day, but are rarely seen. It has been designated as a species of concern in some parts of its range.

References

Wikispecies has information related to Microtus chrotorrhinus.
  1. ^ Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Microtus chrotorrhinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T42626A115196387. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T42626A22347958.en.
  • Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Extant species of subfamily Arvicolinae
Arvicolini
Arvicola
(Water voles)
  • European water vole (A. amphibius)
  • Southwestern water vole (A. sapidus)
  • Montane water vole (A. scherman)
Microtini
Alexandromys
  • Clarke's vole (M. clarkei)
  • Evorsk vole (M. evoronensis)
  • Reed vole (M. fortis)
  • Gerbe's vole (M. gerbei)
  • Taiwan vole (M. kikuchii)
  • Lacustrine vole (M. limnophilus)
  • Maximowicz's vole (M. maximowiczii)
  • Middendorff's vole (M. middendorffi)
  • Mongolian vole (M. mongolicus)
  • Japanese grass vole (M. montebelli)
  • Muisk vole (M. mujanensis)
  • Tundra vole (M. oeconomus)
  • Sakhalin vole (M. sachalinensis)
Chionomys
(Snow voles)
  • Caucasian snow vole (C. gud)
  • European snow vole (C. nivalis)
  • Robert's snow vole (C. roberti)
Hyperacrius
(Voles from Pakistan)
  • True's vole (H. fertilis)
  • Murree vole (H. wynnei)
Lasiopodomys
  • Brandt's vole (L. brandtii)
  • Plateau vole (L. fuscus)
  • Mandarin vole (L. mandarinus)
Lemmiscus
  • Sagebrush vole (L. curtatus)
Microtus
(Voles)
  • Subgenus Microtus: Field vole (M. agrestis)
  • Anatolian vole (M. anatolicus)
  • Common vole (M. arvalis)
  • Cabrera's vole (M. cabrerae)
  • Doğramaci's vole (M. dogramacii)
  • Günther's vole (M. guentheri)
  • Tien Shan vole (M. ilaeus)
  • Persian vole (M. irani)
  • Kerman vole (M. kermanensis)
  • Southern vole (M. levis)
  • Paradox vole (M. paradoxus)
  • Qazvin vole (M. qazvinensis)
  • Schidlovsky's vole (M. schidlovskii)
  • Social vole (M. socialis)
  • European pine vole (M. subterraneus)
  • Transcaspian vole (M. transcaspicus)
  • Subgenus Blanfordimys: Afghan vole (B. afghanus)
  • Bucharian vole (B. bucharicus)
  • Juniper vole (B. juldaschi)
  • Subgenus Terricola: Bavarian pine vole (M. bavaricus)
  • Calabria pine vole (M. brachycercus)
  • Daghestan pine vole (M. daghestanicus)
  • Mediterranean pine vole (M. duodecimcostatus)
  • Felten's vole (M. felteni)
  • Liechtenstein's pine vole (M. liechtensteini)
  • Lusitanian pine vole (M. lusitanicus)
  • Major's pine vole (M. majori)
  • Alpine pine vole (M. multiplex)
  • Savi's pine vole (M. savii)
  • Tatra pine vole (M. tatricus)
  • Thomas's pine vole (M. thomasi)
  • Subgenus Mynomes: Beach Vole (M. breweri)
  • Gray-tailed vole (M. canicaudus)
  • Montane vole (M. montanus)
  • Creeping vole (M. oregoni)
  • Meadow vole (M. pennsylvanicus)
  • Townsend's vole (M. townsendii)
  • Subgenus Pitymys: Guatemalan vole (M. guatemalensis)
  • Tarabundí vole (M. oaxacensis)
  • Woodland Vole (M. pinetorum)
  • Jalapan pine vole (M. quasiater)
  • Subgenus Pedomys: Prairie vole (M. ochrogaster)
  • Subgenus Hyrcanicola: Schelkovnikov's pine vole (M. schelkovnikovi)
  • incertae sedis: Insular vole (M. abbreviatus)
  • California vole (M. californicus)
  • Rock vole (M. chrotorrhinus)
  • Long-tailed vole (M. longicaudus)
  • Mexican vole (M. mexicanus)
  • Singing vole (M. miurus)
  • Water vole (M. richardsoni)
  • Zempoaltépec vole (M. umbrosus)
  • Taiga vole (M. xanthognathus)
Neodon
(Mountain voles)
  • Forrest's mountain vole (N. forresti)
  • Chinese scrub vole (N. irene)
  • Linzhi mountain vole (N. linzhiensis)
  • Sikkim mountain vole (N. sikimensis)
  • Blyth's vole (N. leucurus)
Proedromys
Stenocranius
  • Narrow-headed vole (S. gregalis)
  • Radde's vole (S. raddei)
Volemys
  • Szechuan vole (V. millicens)
  • Marie's vole (V. musseri)
Dicrostonychini
(Collared lemmings)
Dicrostonyx
  • Northern collared lemming (D. groenlandicus)
  • Ungava collared lemming (D. hudsonius)
  • Nelson's collared lemming (D. nelsoni)
  • Ogilvie Mountains collared lemming (D. nunatakensis)
  • Richardson's collared lemming (D. richardsoni)
  • Arctic lemming (D. torquatus)
  • Unalaska collared lemming (D. unalascensis)
Ellobiusini
(mole voles)
Ellobius
(Mole voles)
  • Alai mole vole (E. alaicus)
  • Southern mole vole (E. fuscocapillus)
  • Transcaucasian mole vole (E. lutescens)
  • Northern mole vole (E. talpinus)
  • Zaisan mole vole (E. tancrei)
Lagurini
(Steppe lemmings)
Eolagurus
  • Yellow steppe lemming (E. luteus)
  • Przewalski's steppe lemming (E. przewalskii)
Lagurus
  • Steppe lemming (L. lagurus)
Lemmini
(Lemmings)
Lemmus
(True lemmings)
  • Amur lemming (L. amurensis)
  • Norway lemming (L. lemmus)
  • Beringian lemming (L. nigripes)
  • Wrangel Island lemming (L. paulus)
  • Siberian brown lemming (L. sibiricus)
  • North American brown lemming (L. trimucronatus)
Myopus
  • Wood lemming (M. schisticolor)
Synaptomys
(Bog lemmings)
  • Northern bog lemming (S. borealis)
  • Southern bog lemming (S. cooperi)
Clethrionomyini
Alticola
(Voles from
Central Asia)
  • Subgenus Alticola: White-tailed mountain vole (A. albicauda)
  • Silver mountain vole (A. argentatus)
  • Gobi Altai mountain vole (A. barakshin)
  • Central Kashmir vole (A. montosa)
  • Royle's mountain vole (A. roylei)
  • Mongolian silver vole (A. semicanus)
  • Stolička's mountain vole (A. stoliczkanus)
  • Tuva silver vole (A. tuvinicus)
  • Subgenus Aschizomys: Lemming vole (A. lemminus)
  • Large-eared vole (A. macrotis)
  • Lake Baikal mountain vole (A. olchonensis)
  • Subgenus Platycranius: Flat-headed vole (A. strelzowi)
Caryomys
  • Ganzu vole (C. eva)
  • Kolan vole (C. inez)
Eothenomys
(Voles from
East Asia)
  • Kachin red-backed vole (E. cachinus)
  • Pratt's vole (E. chinensis)
  • Southwest China vole (E. custos)
  • Père David's vole (E. melanogaster)
  • Yunnan red-backed vole (E. miletus)
  • Chaotung vole (E. olitor)
  • Yulungshan vole (E. proditor)
  • Ward's red-backed vole (E. wardi)
Clethrionomys
(some Red-backed
voles)
  • Western red-backed vole (C. californicus)
  • Tien Shan red-backed vole (C. centralis)
  • Southern red-backed Vole (C. gapperi)
  • Bank vole (C. glareolus)
  • Imaizumi's red-backed vole (C. imaizumii)
  • Northern red-backed vole (C. rutilus)
  • Shansei vole (C. shanseius)
Craseomys
(other Red-backed
voles)
  • Japanese red-backed vole (C. andersoni)
  • Royal vole (C. regulus)
  • Hokkaido red-backed vole (C. rex)
  • Grey red-backed vole (C. rufocanus)
  • Smith's vole (C. smithii)
Ondatrini
Neofiber
  • Round-tailed muskrat (N. alleni)
Ondatra
  • Muskrat (O. zibethicus)
Pliomyini
Dinaromys
  • Balkan snow vole (D. bogdanovi)
Pliophenacomyini
Arborimus
(Tree voles)
  • White-footed vole (A. albipes)
  • Red tree vole (A. longicaudus)
  • California red tree mouse (A. pomo)
Phenacomys
(Heather voles)
  • Western heather vole (P. intermedius)
  • Eastern heather vole (P. ungava)
Prometheomyini
Prometheomys
  • Long-clawed mole vole (P. schaposchnikowi)
Taxon identifiers
Microtus chrotorrhinus
Arvicola chrotorrhinus
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