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.
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The Orkneyvole (Microtus arvalis orcadensis) is a population of the common vole (Microtus arvalis) found in the Orkney Islands, off the northern coast...
Orkney (/ˈɔːrkni/; Scots: Orkney; Old Norse: Orkneyjar; Norn: Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands (archaically "The Orkneys"), is an archipelago...
and habitat and inhabits large areas of Eurasia but, apart from the Orkneyvole, not the British Isles. As Microtus arvalis followed human civilization...
of the Orkneyvole, a sub-species of the common vole found only in the Orkney islands. Larger than the common vole, it resembles the field vole but has...
called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United...
island groups: Shetland and Orkney. There are a total of 36 inhabited islands, with the fertile agricultural islands of Orkney contrasting with the more...
been present although they have not been recorded since. Mice and the Orkneyvole are present however, as are European otters. A ruined house on Westray...
This is a list of Orkney islands in Scotland. The Orkney archipelago is located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north of mainland Scotland and comprises over 70...
cousins, and the Orkneyvole or cuttick, Microtus arvalis orcadensis found only in the Orkney archipelago, is a sub-species of the common vole. It may have...
island" which name may indicate it was the 11th century base for Earl of Orkney Brusi Sigurdsson. This possibility is supported by a later reference to...
relation to King Bridei I of the Picts in the sixth century: "As for Shetland, Orkney, Skye and the Western Isles, their inhabitants, most of whom appear to have...
the origin (meridian) of the 6 inch and 1:2500 Ordnance Survey maps of Orkney and Shetland. Martin Ferguson Smith (b. 1940), scholar and writer. Since...
(23 nautical miles) from North Ronaldsay (the most northerly island of Orkney). The entire archipelago lies off the northernmost coast of Scotland, in...
to King Bridei I of the Picts in the sixth century AD: "As for Shetland, Orkney, Skye and the Western Isles, their inhabitants, most of whom appear to have...
Laura Grimond Orkney Heritage Society is a registered charity. Orkney dialect Orkney lamb Orkney Single Malts OrkneyvoleOrkney Yole "Orkney Heritage Society...
(1990 reprint) ISBN 0-901824-25-9 Gammeltoft, Peder (2010) "Shetland and Orkney Island-Names – A Dynamic Group" Northern Lights, Northern Words Selected...
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