Microtus means “small ear” and the voles of this genus have short ears that barely protrude from the fur surrounding them. The meadow vole is a typical representative of this group and has dull fur ...

It also inhabits wetter or drier sites when meadow voles are scarce or absent. Wherever the bog lemming lives ... in a clump of sedges or grasses but winter nests are usually underground in an ...

"We've started with rabbit," she said. "But in time we'll introduce him to the droppings of a vole and train him to start looking for that smell and to bark when he finds it, then he gets his ball." ...