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Microtus californicus (Rodentia: Cricetidae)

Author(s) -

Nichole L. Cudworth,

John L. Koprowski

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

mammalian species

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.396

H-Index - 11

eISSN - 1545-1410

pISSN - 0076-3519

DOI - 10.1644/868.1

Subject(s) - microtus , cricetidae , subspecies , endangered species , vole , ecology , range (aeronautics) , salt marsh , biology , marsh , habitat , geography , wetland , population , materials science , demography , sociology , composite material

Microtus californicus (Peale, 1848) is a cricetid commonly called the California vole or California meadow mouse. A sexually dimorphic, medium-sized vole, M. californicus is 1 of 62 species in the genus Microtus. It is found in the interior valleys of southwestern Oregon, most of California, and northern Baja California, Mexico. M. californicus is found in a wide range of habitats from arid uplands to wet meadows and salt marshes. Several subspecies are listed as of conservation concern; the Amargosa vole, M. c. scirpensis, is listed as federally endangered.

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