The socially monogamous prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) is an excellent species with which to test predictions of the habitat saturation hypothesis for several reasons. Status Mammals Canis lupus Gray Wolf Signs of Prairie Vole Activity: Therefore, the prairie vole may provide an opportunity to investigate the functional significance of newly proliferated cells and, specifically, whether these new cells are important for pair bonding. A colony can have runways covering an area as large as a quarter acre. A vole colony consists of a pair of animals but more than likely will include several generations. Overview Overview Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster), a state Special Concern species, is found in dry grassy areas along fence lines and in open fields, sandy prairies and slopes, especially if weed or grass grown, abandoned farm fields, and seldom in sparsely wooded areas. Vole Geography and Habitat Voles are rodents of the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting North America, Europe and Asia. There are 124 species, 23 of which are native to the United States. They use They use alfalfa and soybean fields, weedy areas and road right-of-ways during the breeding seaon.

Tomorrow's Habitat for the Wild and Rare: an Action Plan for Minnesota Wildlife Set of Species in Greatest Conservation Need Scientific Name Common Name State Rationale Status Fed. Prairie voles are highly social. Habitat The Prairie vole resides in dry fields that contain a cover of grasses and weeds, the largest populations are typically found in fallow fields or hay fields. Habitat Description: Prairie voles primarily inhabit tall grass prairies, but also breed in fallow fields and pastures. In mown habitat, prairie vole males attacked more frequently than did prairie vole females and meadow vole males and females (). Prairie-Vole Partnerships This rodent forms social groups that appear to have evolved as an adaptation for living in a low-food habitat Lowell L. Getz and C. Sue Carter If you part the vegetation and closely examine the surface of almost any They are facultative, singular cooperative breeders. In mown habitat, prairie vole males were dominant proportionately more often (0.64; calculated as times dominant/total times tested, 16/25) than were prairie vole females (0.25), meadow vole males (0.23) and meadow vole …