Clethrionomys glareolus - #1247
Bank Vole
Side view, entire animal in view. Formerly Myodes glareolus.
Geographic Distribution
W Palaearctic forests from France and Scandinavia to Lake Baikal, south to N Spain, N Italy (isolated montane populations farther south), the Balkans (but not most of Greece), W and N Turkey, N Kazakhstan and the Altai and Sayan Mtns; also occurs on Britain and SW Ireland
Order/Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Clethrionomys
Specific Epithet
glareolus
Image Location
Czech Republic, Plzen or South Bohemia, Sumava Mountains
Image Date
1992
Photographer
M Andera