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Arborimus albipes (white-footed vole)

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Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Cricetidae
Genus Arborimus
Species Arborimus albipes
Common white-footed vole
Diet herbivore
Habitat Forest, riparian woodland. Pacific Northwest, rare.
Description Fur long, soft, and brownish. Tail long and thinly haired. Tail strongly bicolored - black above and white below and >50% length of body (but shorter than A. longicaudus). Body slender. Contrast Myodes: sides are tannish and not strongly differentiated from back. Tail is longer.
Skull Characteristics Narrow incisive foramina. Arborimus: 3 loops on lingual side of M3.
Notes Links to more species information:
Smithsonian
Animal Diversity Web