Microtus mexicanus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus) is a species of vole. Several other populations of the vole were previously named subspecies but are no longer recognized as distinct. This species has a disjunct distribution in the southwestern United States and Mexico. It can be found in grasslands and other habitat types and is generally adaptable to a range of climate types.
The Mexican vole mainly feeds on grasses and the roots of shrubs and trees.(Beacham, 2000) In several studies, the Mexican vole was baited using two plant products, barley and oatmeal. It has also been noted to eat monarch butterflies.
The earliest description of the species was in 1861 by Swiss entomologist Henri de Saussure, a Swiss entomologist. Research continues on the relationships of different clades within the species. Beacham... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Toluca | 🇲🇽 México |
No species of the same family or order lives in Toluca, so these are its closest relatives here: other mammals.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mexican Vole sighting in Toluca on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and March–May
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mexican Vole in Toluca on a given day, against under 5% in February and August–December, the lowest months. Those are among Toluca's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 150 mm in July.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mexican Vole sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Toluca, in our data
Toluca is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Mexican Vole sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mexican Vole is recorded against all the mammals logged in Toluca (15 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
