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Microtus pennsylvanicus
meadow vole
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Abundant

Scientific Name with Authority:		Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord, 1815)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		meadow vole
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Subclass Theria, Order Rodentia, Suborder Myomorpha, Family Cricetidae, Genus Microtus, Species Microtus pennsylvanicus


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		VA: S5
Evidence:		116 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 0 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
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Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site	Antietam National Battlefield
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Assateague Island National Seashore	Aztec Ruins National Monument
Badlands National Park	Big Hole National Battlefield
Blue Ridge Parkway	Bluestone National Scenic River
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Catoctin Mountain Park	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Colonial National Historical Park	Curecanti National Recreation Area
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Denali National Park and Preserve	Devils Tower National Monument
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Eisenhower National Historic Site
Fire Island National Seashore	Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fossil Butte National Monument	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve	Gateway National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Gettysburg National Military Park	Glacier National Park
Grand Teton National Park	Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site	Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
Homestead National Historical Park	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Indiana Dunes National Park
Jewel Cave National Monument	Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Katmai National Park and Preserve	Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve	Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial	Manassas National Battlefield Park
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park	Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Minute Man National Historical Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Missouri National Recreational River	Monocacy National Battlefield
Mount Rushmore National Memorial	National Capital Parks-East
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Nez Perce National Historical Park
Niobrara National Scenic River	Obed Wild and Scenic River
Pecos National Historical Park	Petersburg National Battlefield
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	Pipestone National Monument
Piscataway Park	Prince William Forest Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park	Rock Creek Park
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park	Saratoga National Historical Park
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Shenandoah National Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Suitland Parkway
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Timpanogos Cave National Monument	Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
Voyageurs National Park	Wind Cave National Park
Wrangell - St Elias National Park and Preserve	Yellowstone National Park
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve


Last Modified Date:	3/26/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 11/3/2025 7:59:41 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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