Microtus ochrogaster - #5996
Prairie Vole
Skull & dentary. UI #10182 (unknown collection) Alabama, Madison County, 12 miles south of Huntsville
Geographic Distribution
Northern and Central Great Plains—EC Alberta to S Manitoba, Canada; south to N Texas Panhandle, SW Oklahoma, and Arkansas; eastwards to C Tennessee, westernmost West Virginia, and W Ohio, USA; relictual populations in C Colorado, N New Mexico, and coastal prairies (ludovicianus) of SW Louisiana and adjacent Texas, USA
Order/Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Microtus
Specific Epithet
ochrogaster
Photographer
AV Linzey