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Vole
The bank vole ("Myodes glareolus") leeves in widland auries in Europe an Asia.
The bank vole (Myodes glareolus) leeves in widland areas in Europe and Asia.
Scienteefic clessificationEdit this classification
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Faimily: Cricetidae
Subfaimily: Arvicolinae
Groups included
Cladeestically includit but tradeetionally excludit taxa

A vole (Microtus arvalis) is a wee rodent awfu like a moose but wi a mair stoot bouk, a mair cutty hairy tail, an its heid is a wee bittie roonder wi wee-er lugs an een.

The orkney subspecies (Microtus arvalis orcadensis)is kent as the vole-moose or cuttock.

  • The bank vole (Myodes glareolus)
  • The laund-moose (Microtus agrestis)
  • The watter-dug or glib (Arvicola amphibius)