[obol] Re: Smith-Bybee (vole ID)
- From: Mike Patterson <celata@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:45:56 -0700
Vole ID is hard, but this is most probably Oregon Vole (Microtus
oregoni). It seems small and beady eyed. Gray-tailed Vole (Microtus
canicaudus) is more mouse-like (cute, big eyes) in appearance.
Townsend's Vole is huge and almost always dark colored. Long-tailed
Vole has a conspicuously long tail and is long-bodied for a vole.
You'd have to run it through an owl then recover the skull to eliminate
any arguments from all the volologigists out there, however.
--
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
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