Mammals of the WorldMongolian Mountain Vole
Alticola semicanus
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Genus
- Alticola
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- Russia|Mongolia|China
- Realm
- Palearctic
Other names: Mongolian Silver Vole
About this species
- Size
- Head and body 10.4–14.0cm; tail 2.4–3.5cm
- Range
- Mongolia, southern Siberia and the north of China's Inner Mongolia province
The Mongolian mountain vole has a head-and-body length of 10.4–14.0 centimetres and a tail of 2.4–3.5 centimetres, with hind feet of 19–23 millimetres and ears of 15–21 millimetres, which makes it a comparatively large species of its genus. The back fur is sandy-grey with scattered black hairs. (German Wikipedia, general species account)
The underside is sandy-white and sharply bounded from the back on the flanks, often with a yellowish-red stripe at the boundary. The tail is covered with white hairs and stands out clearly in colour from the darker back. It is a rodent of the mountain vole genus Alticola, found in Mongolia, southern Siberia and the north of the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia. (German Wikipedia, general species account)
Description: Wildlife of Mongolia guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)