Voles are small mammals that tend to have large heads, compact bodies, and short noses. Microtus means “small ear” and the voles of this genus have short ears that barely protrude from the fur ...

A few of the Adirondack representatives are coyotes, short-tailed shrews, fishers, foxes, and broad-winged hawks. Fisher, R.L. 1968. An ecological study of the red-backed vole, Clethrionomys ...