Water voles

	Water voles
	; Water vole
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Animals
The kingdom :	Eumetazo
No rank :	Bilateral symmetric
No rank :	Recycled
Type of:	Chord
Subtype :	Vertebrates
Infrastructure :	Jaws
Above class :	Tetrapods
Class:	Mammals
Subclass :	Beasts
Infraclass :	Placental
Nadotryad :	Euarchontoglires
Grand Squad :	Rodent
Squad:	Rodents
Suborder :	Mice
Family:	Hamster
Subfamily :	Polevkovye
Rod:	Arvicola
International Scientific Name
	Arvicola

Water voles ( lat. Arvicola , "living in the field") is a genus of large rodents of the hamster family. They live in both aquatic and terrestrial environments throughout Europe and Northern Asia .

The average body length is from 12 to 22 cm, thickness is from 6.5 to 12.5 cm, body weight is from 70 to 250 g. They can show an unexpected surge of growth. They are covered with long dense wool and have a fur layer in the form of a fringe on the legs, which improves their swimming abilities.

Types

Water vole ( Arvicola terrestis ) ^[1] , or water rat ^[2]
Lesser water vole ( Arvicola sapidus ) ^[1] , or southwest water vole ^[2]
Arvicola scherman

Notes

↑ ¹ ² Complete illustrated encyclopedia. "Mammals" Kn. 2 = The New Encyclopedia of Mammals / ed. D. Macdonald . - M .: Omega, 2007. - 504 p. - 3000 copies - ISBN 978-5-465-01346-8 .
↑ ¹ ² Sokolov V. Ye. The five-language dictionary of animal names. Mammals. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V.E. Sokolova. - M .: Rus. lang., 1984. - p. 153. - 10 000 copies.

[а-1] ¹ ² Complete illustrated encyclopedia. "Mammals" Kn. 2 = The New Encyclopedia of Mammals / ed. D. Macdonald . - M .: Omega, 2007. - 504 p. - 3000 copies - ISBN 978-5-465-01346-8 .

[в-2] ¹ ² Sokolov V. Ye. The five-language dictionary of animal names. Mammals. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V.E. Sokolova. - M .: Rus. lang., 1984. - p. 153. - 10 000 copies.

Water voles

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