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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataMammaliaRodentiaCricetidaeMicrotus

Meadow Vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord, 1815)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Cricetidae
Genus Microtus
Species Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord, 1815)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Kentucky.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Kentucky

Counties

Kentucky
Fayette

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

EXEWCRENVUNTLC▲

Assessed in 2016.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
NNR
Canada
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Ohio
SNR Unranked
NH
S5 Secure
NJ
SNR Unranked
Massachusetts
SU Unrankable
New York
S5 Secure
Connecticut
S5 Secure
South Carolina
SNR Unranked
Georgia
SNR Unranked
Missouri
S4 Apparently Secure
Tennessee
SNR Unranked
Indiana
S5 Secure
RI
SNR Unranked
West Virginia
S4 Apparently Secure
District of Columbia
SNR Unranked
Michigan
S5 Secure
North Carolina
SNR Unranked
Pennsylvania
S5 Secure
ME
S5 Secure
Virginia
S5 Secure
DE
SNR Unranked
Vermont
S5 Secure
Maryland
S5 Secure
Prince Edward Island
S5 Secure
New Brunswick
S5 Secure
Newfoundland and Labrador
S5 Secure
Quebec
SNR Unranked
Nova Scotia
S5 Secure

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

How to cite this account

Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord, 1815). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2656. https://cavebiology.org/species/microtus-pennsylvanicus/ (accessed 6 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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