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Gull Island vole

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Gull Island vole
Extinct (1897)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Cricetidae
Subfamily:
Arvicolinae
Genus:
Microtus
Species:
M. pennsylvanicus
Subspecies:
M. p. nesophilus
Trinomial name
Microtus pennsylvanicus nesophilus
Bailey, 1898

The Gull Island vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus nesophilus) is a subspecies of the Meadow Vole last collected in 1897. A ground-dwelling coastal beach grass herbivore endemic to Great Gull Island, New York, it disappeared after habitat destruction for naval fortifications in August 1898 for the Spanish–American War. Also, feral cats were also partly responsible in its decline. It is known from fifteen specimens in Washington, D.C.


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