A vole with dense fur, found chiefly in forests in North America and Eurasia.
松田鼠
Genus Pitymys, family Muridae: many species
Example sentencesExamples
Previous studies show that one of the species, a pine vole, has been extinct in England for the last 400,000 years.
The Bavarian pine vole, last seen in 1962, scurried back into view in 2000.
Their overall adult body length varies from 3 to 5 1/2 inches in the pine vole, to about 4 1/2 to 7 inches in the meadow and prairie voles.
A small number of species thought to have disappeared, such as the Lord Howe Island stick insect and Bavarian pine vole, have been rediscovered since 2000.
Pine voles live throughout the eastern half of the United States and favor open woodlands and orchards.
Definition of pine vole in US English:
pine vole
noun
A vole with dense fur, found chiefly in forests in North America and Eurasia.
松田鼠
Genus Pitymys, family Muridae: many species
Example sentencesExamples
Their overall adult body length varies from 3 to 5 1/2 inches in the pine vole, to about 4 1/2 to 7 inches in the meadow and prairie voles.
The Bavarian pine vole, last seen in 1962, scurried back into view in 2000.
Pine voles live throughout the eastern half of the United States and favor open woodlands and orchards.
Previous studies show that one of the species, a pine vole, has been extinct in England for the last 400,000 years.
A small number of species thought to have disappeared, such as the Lord Howe Island stick insect and Bavarian pine vole, have been rediscovered since 2000.