Sikkim Mountain Vole

About this species

Size

Head and body 97–119mm; tail 30–52mm

Habitat

Above about 2,500m in Nepal; 2,100–3,700m in southern Tibet

Range

Bhutan, India (West Bengal and Sikkim), Nepal and southern Tibet

The Sikkim mountain vole has dark brown fur above, dark grey underparts and a strip of ochre-brown where the two meet. The feet are brownish white above, and the tail is two-coloured, brown above and white below. Head and body length is 97–119 mm and the tail 30–52 mm. It is very similar to the Chinese scrub vole and can be told apart only by its teeth (Wikipedia, general species account).

Its range extends from Bhutan, West Bengal and Sikkim in India through western, central and eastern Nepal, at altitudes above 2,500 m, and it is also in southern Tibet at 2,100–3,700 m. The cached account gives no information on its diet, behaviour or breeding (Wikipedia, general species account).

Description: Wildlife of India guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)