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Insular Vole
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Class:	Mammalia;
Order:	Rodentia;
Family:	Cricetidae;
Genus:	Microtus;
Species:	M. abbreviatus;
Binomial name
	Microtus abbreviatus; Miller, 1899

The Insular Vole or St. Matthew Island Vole (Microtus abbreviatus) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It occurs only on St. Matthew Island and the adjacent Hall Island, in Alaska.^[1] On these Bering Sea islands, Insular Voles live in damp lowland areas, on the lower slopes of mountains, and on rye grass-covered beaches. They are diurnal and eat plant matter. Birds and arctic foxes, which are the only other mammals on the island, prey on the voles.^[2]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Frey, J., Garibaldi, A. & Hammerson, G. (2008) Microtus abbreviatus In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. www.iucnredlist.org Retrieved on 03 February 2010.
^ "North American Mammals: Insular Vole". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=179.

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[iucn-0] Frey, J., Garibaldi, A. & Hammerson, G. (2008) Microtus abbreviatus In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. www.iucnredlist.org Retrieved on 03 February 2010.

[si-1] "North American Mammals: Insular Vole". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=179.

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