The 'California Vole' (''Microtus californicus'') is a type of
vole which lives throughout much of
California and some southwestern
Oregon. It is also known as the 'California Meadow Mouse'. It averages 172 mm in length although this length varies greatly between subspecies.
References
★ Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 ''in'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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Smithsonian Museum of Natural History