GAP Analysis Predicted Distribution Map

Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

Species Code: MIPE

Legend: = Core Habitat = Marginal Habitat Breeding Range Map The green area shows the predicted habitats for breeding only. The habitats were identified using 1991 satellite imagery, other datasets and experts throughout the state, as part of the Washington Gap Analysis Project. Click to enlarge distribution map Map with historical museum records Other maps & Information: NatureMapping observations throughout the year

Found in northeast Washington, the northeast Cascades, the Okanogan Valley, and in a portion of the Columbia Basin along waterways. Occurs in moist meadows, marshes, swamps and bogs, along streams, ponds, and small lakes (including alkaline lakes, when bordered by moist vegetation). Found up to timberline, but not above.

Core zones were all forested and steppe zones within its range. Water/wetlands and irrigated fields are good habitat; in steppe zones, hardwood and mixed forest (indicators of water) are good habitat. In forested zones, even contingently suitable habitat required small wetlands.

Translated from the Washington Gap Analysis Mammal Volume by Dave Lester
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