Red Tree Vole
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| Red Tree Vole | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Arborimus |
| Species: | A. longicaudus |
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| Arborimus longicaudus (True, 1890) |
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The Red Tree Vole (Arborimus longicaudus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in the United States. Red tree voles are found in the upper branches of arboreal conifers throughout Northern California and Western Oregon. Their preference and food source is thought to be Douglas Fir(Pseudotsuga menziesii) and Redwood(Sequoia sempervirens) species. Red Tree Voles often spend their lives living in just one tree and many generations will live in different parts of the same tree.[2]
Red Tree Voles are approximately 6-8 inches including tail.[2] They have a reddish brown coat.
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[edit] References
- ^ Linzey, A.V. & NatureServe (Scheuering, E. & Hammerson, G.) (2008). Arborimus longicaudus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of near threatened
- ^ a b http://www.kswild.org/programs/biodiversity/species-profiles/rtv
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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