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Rock Vole
Also called: Yellow-cheeked Meadow Mouse
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- Length
- 6.60 inches.
- Description
- Similar to the meadow mouse but with a yellowish or fulvous patch on each side of the face at the base of the whiskers.
- Range
- New Brunswick and Quebec and southward to the White Mountains, Adirondacks and Catskills. Allied varieties occur in Labrador and Newfoundland.
- Range
- Labrador.
- Range
- Newfoundland.
Of the habits of the rock voles but little is known. Mr. Miller found them in the White Mountains living in the crevices of rock mounds overgrown with sedges and bushes, and they seemed to have no regular runways. In New Brunswick Mr. Bangs states that they live in the deep spruce forests and appear to be diurnal in habits.
Varieties of the Rock Vole
1. Rock Vole. Microtus chrotorrhinus Miller. Description and range as above.
2. Labrador Rock Vole. M. chrotorrhinus ravus Bangs. Similar, but light patches larger covering nearly the whole face.
3. Newfoundland Rock Vole. M. terrae novae Bangs. Similar but larger with duller cheek patches.