Pine Vole
Microtus pinetorum (Le Conte, 1830)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Rodentia |
| Family | Cricetidae |
| Genus | Microtus |
| Species | Microtus pinetorum (Le Conte, 1830) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Accidental
Distribution
Range
Known from four counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Arkansas, Kentucky
Counties
- Arkansas
- Baxter, Independence, Stone
- Kentucky
- Edmonson
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2016.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N3 Vulnerable
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Ontario
- S3 Vulnerable
- Quebec
- S2 Imperiled
- Florida
- SNR Unranked
- NE
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Illinois
- S5 Secure
- Michigan
- S3 Vulnerable
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Maryland
- S5 Secure
- Minnesota
- S3 Vulnerable
- RI
- SU Unrankable
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- Arkansas
- S5 Secure
- Kansas
- S5 Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- Indiana
- S5 Secure
- Missouri
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Mississippi
- S5 Secure
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Vermont
- S3 Vulnerable
- Texas
- S3 Vulnerable
- South Carolina
- S4 Apparently Secure
- ME
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Wisconsin
- S2 Imperiled
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Iowa
- S3 Vulnerable
- Louisiana
- S4 Apparently Secure
- DE
- S4 Apparently Secure
- NJ
- S5 Secure
- West Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- New York
- S5 Secure
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Connecticut
- S5 Secure
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Massachusetts
- S5 Secure
- NH
- S4 Apparently Secure
- District of Columbia
- S4 Apparently Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Dunivan, J.D., Tumlison, C.R. & McDaniel, V.R. 1982. Cave fauna of Arkansas: further records. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 36: 87–88. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol36/iss1/28.
- McDaniel, V.R. & Gardner, J.E. 1977. Cave fauna of Arkansas: vertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 31: 68–71. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol31/iss1/22.
How to cite this account
Microtus pinetorum (Le Conte, 1830). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2657. https://cavebiology.org/species/microtus-pinetorum/ (accessed 6 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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