Common Name
Long-tailed Vole
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Species Name
Microtus longicaudus
Status
Data Deficient as M. l. bernardinus, M. l. coronarius, and M. l. leucophaeus, otherwise Lower Risk
States
Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
New Mexico
Nevada
Oregon
South Dakota
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Distribution
Rocky Mountains and adjacent foothills, from E Alaska and N Yukon, south through British Columbia and SW Alberta, Canada, to E California and W Colorado; including Pacific coastal taiga to N California; disjunct southern pockets in S California, Arizona,
Notes
Usually does not make runways and leaves little sign of its presence. Eats green plant material, seeds, fruit, fungi and bark. Habitat is forests, brushy areas, clear-cuts and sagebrush; often found along rivers or streams. Tend to be docile and timid.
South Dakota
There is an isolated population in the Black Hills.