Animal field guide
Bank Vole
Myodes glareolus
Bank Vole carries Understory Caution through hedgerows, woodland floors, and grassy banks, surviving by staying close to cover while feeding quickly.
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Animal · Native range keys: europe · Relatively common
Known for: Small reddish-brown rodent, Woodland floor movement, Short hidden runways, Seed and plant feeding
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Factual biology first: what this animal is like, where it lives, how it survives, and why those traits exist.
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Introduction to Bank Vole
Bank Vole carries Understory Caution through hedgerows, woodland floors, and grassy banks, surviving by staying close to cover while feeding quickly.
How to identify a Bank Vole
- Small reddish-brown rodent
- Woodland floor movement
- Short hidden runways
- Seed and plant feeding
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Adaptations and biological abilities
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Why does Bank Vole behave this way?
- Small reddish-brown rodent
- Woodland floor movement
- Short hidden runways
- Seed and plant feeding
They are active in short bouts by day and night, moving through hidden runways and resting in nests under cover.
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Why Native range keys: europe?
Habitat: Native range keys: europe, central_asia. Bank Voles live in woodlands, hedgerows, grassy banks, scrub, gardens, and field edges where low cover protects small movements.
Native range: Native range keys: europe, central_asia. Bank Voles live in woodlands, hedgerows, grassy banks, scrub, gardens, and field edges where low cover protects small movements.
Native range
Natural range, not this specific capture location.
Native range keys: europe, central_asia. Bank Voles live in woodlands, hedgerows, grassy banks, scrub, gardens, and field edges where low cover protects small movements.
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Why this diet?
They eat seeds, berries, fungi, roots, shoots, bark, and small invertebrates. The diet lets them use seasonal food close to shelter.
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Activity, rest, and lifespan
They are active in short bouts by day and night, moving through hidden runways and resting in nests under cover.
Many wild bank voles live less than a year, though some survive longer in good habitat. High reproduction balances heavy predation.
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Bank Vole reproduction
Females produce litters in hidden nests, and young grow quickly. Several breeding attempts can occur in a favorable season.
Males and females look similar, with differences mainly in size, breeding condition, and behavior during the reproductive season.
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Predators, threats, and defense
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Conservation and rarity
Rarity: Relatively common · 18/100. AnimalDex canonical rarity score: 18/100, maintained by the live indexed species profile.
- Observe from a respectful distance and avoid changing the animal's behavior.
- Do not block feeding, shelter, nesting, or travel routes.
- Use a live camera capture without handling or staging wildlife.
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Where to find them
Where to find Bank Vole
To find Bank Vole in the wild, focus on the exact habitat patches that match its body design and daily behavior, not just the broad country where it exists. You usually do better by working one good piece of habitat inside native range keys: europe, central_asia. Bank Voles live in woodlands, hedgerows, grassy banks, scrub, gardens, and field edges where low cover protects small movements. than by covering too much ground.
- Forest edge, canopy gaps, fruiting trees, or shaded trails where cover and food meet
- Protected habitat blocks within native range keys: europe, central_asia. Bank Voles live in woodlands, hedgerows, grassy banks, scrub, gardens, and field edges where low cover protects small movements.
Animal field guide
Bank Vole
Bank Vole carries Understory Caution through hedgerows, woodland floors, and grassy banks, surviving by staying close to cover while feeding quickly.
Native range
Natural range, not this capture location
Native range keys: europe, central_asia. Bank Voles live in woodlands, hedgerows, grassy banks, scrub, gardens, and field edges where low cover protects small movements.
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Dominance
4
Speed
20
Size
3
Intelligence
14
Rarity
18%
Total
59
Size scale
Scientific name
Myodes glareolus
Category
Animal
Habitat
Native range keys: europe, central_asia. Bank Voles live in woodlands, hedgerows, grassy banks, scrub, gardens, and field edges where low cover protects small movements.
Rarity
Relatively common · 18/100
Native range
Native range keys: europe, central_asia. Bank Voles live in woodlands, hedgerows, grassy banks, scrub, gardens, and field edges where low cover protects small movements.
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