Common Name
Root Vole
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Species Name
Microtus oeconomus
Status
Critically Endangered as M. o. arenicola, Vulnerable as M. o. mehelyi, Data Deficient as M. o. Amakensis, M. o. elymocetes, M. o. innuitus, M. o. popfensis, M. o. puukensis, and M. o. sitkensis, otherwise Least Concern
States
Alaska
Distribution
Holarctic in tundra, northern taiga, and grassy meadows. In Palearctic, from Fennoscandia across N European Russia and Siberia to Kamchatka Peninsula and borderlands of Bering Sea; south through the Baltic region, N Kazakhstan, transbaikal region, N Mongo
Notes
Active day or night. Eats green vegetation in summer; stores seeds and roots for winter use. Lives in low-lying tundra, wet meadows and marshes.