Common Name
Rock Vole
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Species Name
Microtus chrotorrhinus
Status
Data Deficient as M. c. ravus, Lower Risk (nt) as M. c. carolinensis, otherwise Lower Risk (lc)
States
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Maryland
Maine
Minnesota
North Carolina
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Virginia
Vermont
West Virginia
Distribution
S Labrador south through S Quebec and Ontario, Canada, to NE Minnesota, N New York and N New England states; isolated segments in the C and S Appalachian Mountains
Notes
Travels around and under mossy rocks. Eats bunchberry and other green plants and may cache food under rocks. Prefers rocky areas in cool moist hardwood or mixed forests; often found near streams. As name implies, lives in rocky areas. Also called yellow-n