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Microtus pennsylvanicus
meadow vole
Richmond National Battlefield Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Uncommon

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:		2 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 0 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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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	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
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	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 9/30/2025 3:35:10 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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