Orkney vole
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Orkney vole | |
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Orkney vole (Microtus arvalis orcadensis) in the Natural History Museum at Tring | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
Genus: | Microtus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | M. a. orcadensis |
Trinomial name | |
Microtus arvalis orcadensis Millais, 1904 | |
Synonyms | |
Microtus orcadensis |
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The Orkney vole (Microtus arvalis orcadensis) is a population of the common vole (Microtus arvalis) found in the Orkney Islands, off the northern coast of Scotland, as well as in the Channel Island of Guernsey.[3] Orkney voles are about 10% larger than voles from other populations of the common vole.[3] The common vole is absent from the rest of the British Isles.