#vole

[michaelnordeman]

Bank vole/skogssork. Värmland, Sweden (28 April 2018).

[mammalianmammals]

Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus), family Cricetidae, found over most of Europe and of NW Asia

photograph by Sue Cro

[all-mammal-creechur]

Western Red-backed Vole Myodes californicus

It is found in California and Oregon in the United States and lives mainly in coniferous forest. The western red-backed vole lives largely underground in an extensive system of burrows. It feeds primarily on fruiting bodies of hypogeous fungi.

It has been found that in a clear-cut forest where all the dead wood and trimmings are removed, the mycorrhiza stops fruiting, the vole population dies out and newly planted trees fail to thrive. This is an example of a three way symbiosis, as the vole gains food from the fungus and spreads its spores, and the fungus gains photosynthetic products from the tree which benefits from the nutrients produced by the fungus.

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[sitting-on-me-bum]

Meadow Vole

Mark Bridger / Getty Images

[bedupolker]

Does Mama Mouse have helpful neighbors?

Galina is a vole in her mid-30s (or the rodent equivalent) who's a little neurotic but well meaning, Bea is a Canyon Bat who was a few grades below Mariella (mouse) in school and a former weird little girl, Mrs. Shrewsbury is a shrew whose personality is shrew, don't leave her alone near newborns

[amnhnyc]

It’s Wednesday, so hang in there like the bank vole (Myodes glareolus)! Though it resembles a mouse, this species is distinguished by a shorter tail and stockier build. Mostly herbivorous, it’s a proficient climber that uses acrobatic skill to reach seeds and fruits. Its diet also includes moss, fungi, and nuts. Weighing up to 1.27 oz (36 g), this diminutive critter can be found across much of Europe as well as parts of Asia.

Photo: Sue Cro, CC BY-NC 2.0, iNaturalist

[anfae]

Hey! I have reopened my Inprnt so if you're from the US you can get prints of my art from there~

[sluggoonthestreet]

Due to a lack of opponents, Maude soon found that she had become a collector of snowballs.