Microtus drummondi - #70
Western Meadow Vole
Side view. Identification based on geography. Formerly Microtus pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus.
Geographic Distribution
Meadowlands interspersed across boreal and mixed coniferous-deciduous biomes of NW North America: C Alaska to Ontario, Canada; south in Rocky Mountains to N New Mexico, in Great Plains to N Kansas, east to Michigan; outlier populations in W New Mexico USA, and in N Chihuahua, México
Order/Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Microtus
Specific Epithet
drummondi
Image Location
USA, MI, Washtenaw Co., Ann Arbor
Image Date
1975
Photographer
LL Master