Western Red-backed Vole

Common Name
Western Red-backed Vole
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Species Name
Myodes californicus
Status
Lower Risk as Clethrionomys californicus
States
California
Oregon

Distribution

Coastal coniferous forest from the Columbia River south through W Oregon to NW California

Notes

Active at any time in Coast Range, thought to be diurnal in Cascades. Travels under logs or under leaf litter. Does not climb. Habitat is moist forest with numerous fallen logs; prefers old-growth coniferous forest with a closed canopy and little undergro