AnAge entry for Microtus arvalis

Classification (HAGRID: 02888)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Cricetidae
                    Genus: Microtus
Species: Microtus arvalis
Common name: Common vole
Synonyms: Microtus obscurus, Arvicola arvensis, Microtus angularis, Microtus asturianus, Microtus brevirostris, Arvicola campestris, Arvicola cunicularius, Lemmus fulvus, Microtus hyrcania, Arvicola incertus, Arvicola mystacinus, Hypudaeus obscurus, Microtus orcadensis, Microtus sarnius, Microtus terrestris, Arvicola vulgaris, Mus arvalis albus, Arvicola arvalis assimilis, Arvicola arvalis ater, Microtus arvalis calypsus, Microtus arvalis cimbricus, Arvicola arvalis contigua, Arvicola arvalis depressa, Arvicola arvalis duplicatus, Arvicola arvalis flava, Arvicola arvalis fulva, Arvicola arvalis galliardi, Microtus arvalis gudauricus, Microtus arvalis hawelkae, Microtus arvalis incognitus, Microtus arvalis iphigeniae, Microtus arvalis khorkoutensis, Microtus arvalis macrocranius, Microtus arvalis meridianus, Arvicola arvalis principalis, Microtus orcadensis ronaldshaiensis, Microtus orcadensis rousiensis, Microtus orcadensis sandayensis, Arvicola arvalis simplex, Microtus arvalis transcaucasicus, Microtus arvalis transuralensis, Arvicola arvalis variabilis, Microtus sandayensis westrae

Maximum longevity: 4.8 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: Voles, in general, are short-lived and show seasonal population crashes, probably due to lack of food. One captive specimen lived 4.8 years [0671].

[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3 (PubMed)
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0002] Caleb Finch (1990), Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[0382] Dobrowolska and Gromadzka-Ostrowska (1984), Age and androgen-related changes in morphological parameters, haematological indices and serum protein fraction in common vole (Microtus arvalis Pall.) growing in different photoperiods (PubMed)
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves