Western Red-backed Vole
Myodes californicus
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Cricetidae
Myodes californicus, le Campagnol à dos roux de Californie, est une espèce de rongeurs de la famille des Cricetidae. Il vit dans les massifs forestiers anciens, denses et sombres de la côte pacifique de l'Amérique du Nord. Ce petit campagnol élancé au pelage brun à la face dorsale généralement sombre est un mycophage obligatoire de champignons fructifiant sous terre.
The western red-backed vole (Clethrionomys californicus) is a species of vole in the family Cricetidae. It is found in California and Oregon in the United States and lives mainly in coniferous forest. The body color is chestnut brown, or brown mixed with a considerable quantity of black hair gradually lightening on the sides and grading into a buffy-gray belly, with an indistinct reddish stripe on the back and a bicolored tail about half as long as the head and body.
Myodes californicus es una especie de roedor de la familia Cricetidae. Distribución geográfica y hábitat Se encuentra en California y Oregón en los Estados Unidos y vive principalmente en los bosques de coníferas. Referencias Musser, G.
Distribution
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