AnAge entry for Microtus pennsylvanicus

Classification (HAGRID: 02529)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Cricetidae
                    Genus: Microtus
Species: Microtus pennsylvanicus
Common name: Meadow vole
Synonyms: Microtus nesophilus, Microtus pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus, Microtus pennsylvanicus dukecampbelli, Microtus pennsylvanicus chihuahuensis, Microtus admiraltiae, Arvicola alborufescens, Microtus aphorodemus, Arvicola dekayi, Microtus enixus, Microtus fontigenus, Arvicola fulva, Arvicola hirsutus, Arvicola insperatus, Microtus insularis, Arvicola nasuta, Lemmus noveboracensis, Arvicola oneida, Arvicola palustris, Mynomes pratensis, Microtus provectus, Arvicola riparius, Arvicola rufescens, Arvicola rufidorsum, Arvicola terraenovae, Arvicola drummondii, Microtus pennsylvanicus acadicus, Microtus pennsylvanicus alcorni, Microtus pennsylvanicus arcticus, Microtus pennsylvanicus copelandi, Microtus pennsylvanicus finitus, Microtus pennsylvanicus funebris, Microtus montanus kincaidi, Microtus pennsylvanicus labradorius, Arvicola riparia longipilis, Microtus pennsylvanicus magdalenensis, Microtus pennsylvanicus pullatus, Microtus pennsylvanicus rubidus, Microtus pennsilvanicus shattucki

Maximum longevity: Not yet established
Observations: Little is known about the longevity of these animals, though they have been estimated to live up to 3.9 years [0511].

: No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.

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[0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3 (PubMed)
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
[0511] Ronald Nowak and John Paradiso (1983), Walker's Mammals of the World