Sibling Vole
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Arvicolinae
Genus:	Microtus
Species:	M. epiroticus
Binomial name
Microtus epiroticus

The Sibling Vole (Microtus epiroticus^[1]) is a species of vole found through much of northern Europe. First discovered in 1960 in the Grumantbyen area, they were thought to be the Common Vole until a genetic analysis correctly identified them in 1990.^[2]

[edit] Distribution and Habitat

The sibling vole mainly lives in meadows and agricultural environments, in an area delimited by central Finland to the North and the Balkan Peninsula to the South.^[2]

[edit] References

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