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Prairie vole
Conservation status
Prairie vole
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Microtus
Subgenus: Pedomys
Baird, 1857
Species:
M. ochrogaster
Binomial name
Microtus ochrogaster
(Wagner, 1842)
Synonyms

Arvicola austerus LeConte, 1853
Hypudaeus ochrogaster Wagner, 1842
Microtus ludovicianus V. Bailey, 1900[2]

The prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) is a small vole found in central North America.

  1. ^ Linzey, A.V. & Hammerson, G. (2008). "Microtus ochrogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Microtus ochrogaster". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 21 December 2007.

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