Prairie Vole
Microtus ochrogaster (Wagner, 1842)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Rodentia |
| Family | Cricetidae |
| Genus | Microtus |
| Species | Microtus ochrogaster (Wagner, 1842) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Accidental
Distribution
Range
Known from two counties in Kentucky.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Kentucky
Counties
- Kentucky
- Fayette, Wayne
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2016.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N4 Apparently Secure
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Manitoba
- S3 Vulnerable
- Saskatchewan
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Alberta
- S3 Vulnerable
- Michigan
- S3 Vulnerable
- Louisiana
- SH Possibly Extirpated
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Iowa
- S3 Vulnerable
- North Dakota
- SNR Unranked
- Colorado
- S5 Secure
- Kansas
- S5 Secure
- Arkansas
- S5 Secure
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Texas
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Missouri
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Tennessee
- S3 Vulnerable
- Indiana
- S5 Secure
- New Mexico
- S2 Imperiled
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- Wyoming
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- S2 Imperiled
- Nebraska
- S5 Secure
- West Virginia
- S2 Imperiled
- Illinois
- S5 Secure
- Wisconsin
- S2 Imperiled
- Montana
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Minnesota
- S3 Vulnerable
- South Dakota
- S5 Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Harker, D.F., Jr. & Barr, T.C., Jr. 1979. Caves and associated fauna of Eastern Kentucky, Volume 3. Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission, Frankfurt, Kentucky, USA. 130 pp.
How to cite this account
Microtus ochrogaster (Wagner, 1842). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2655. https://cavebiology.org/species/microtus-ochrogaster/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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