The mammal skull was identified as a
meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) based on skull and dental comparisons with museum collections.
The
meadow vole tarts were hors d'oeuvres designed to actually look a bit like voles.
Climbing Activity in Hispid Cotton Rat, Sigmodon hispidus, and the Easter
Meadow Vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus.
Common Name Scientific Name Number of Individuals Masked Shrew Sorex cinereus 8 Northern Short-tailed Shrew Blarina brevicaudata 2 Eastern Mole Scalopus aquaticus 2 Short-tailed Weasel Mustela ermine 1 Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus 3 Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus 2 Southern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys volans 2 White-footed Mouse Peromyscus leucopus 7 Southern Red-backed Vole Clethrionomys gapperi 1
Meadow Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus 1 House Mouse Mus musculus 2 North American Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum 1 Unidentified Crayfish Cambarus sp.
a playground, tea shops and picnic area and a more modern addition of a
Meadow Vole maze.
The Gardens, Owl Centre and
Meadow Vole maize are open daily from 10.
In the study, Boonstra and colleagues studied the
meadow vole populations at the Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment at Pinawa, MB.
The boosted sperm count is only triggered by the smell of
meadow vole rivals.
There is evidence that Clinton's enthusiasm for a variety of sexual experience was shared by his biological father--William Blythe--and certainly genes would explain the conduct of John Kennedy, a
meadow vole if there ever was one.
THE fastest breeding animal on the planet is, surprisingly, the humble female
meadow vole.
Remarks: The
Meadow Vole currently occurs from northern Georgia in the east and northern New Mexico in the west northward to the Northwest Territories of Canada and Alaska (Kurta 1995, map, 171).
THE speediest mammal is the female
meadow vole which can produce litters of up to eight young, 17 times a year, from the age of 25 days.
meadow vole - widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada