{"id":520,"date":"2012-06-19T13:31:21","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T17:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/209.240.158.253\/wordpress\/?p=520"},"modified":"2022-10-05T11:19:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T15:19:02","slug":"rock-vole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/wordpress\/rock-vole\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Vole*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Microtus chrotorrhinus<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/smaspecies\/images\/rock%20vole%20cropped.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" border=\"0\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo credit: NorthWoods Stewardship Center<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>ID<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Orange or saffron-colored nose<\/li>\n<li>Grizzled brown mixed with black on the dorsum, orange-rufous or saffron face<\/li>\n<li>Silvery-gray belly<\/li>\n<li>Small eyes<\/li>\n<li>Prominent ears<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Distribution<\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/M.-chrotorrhinus.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload none\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27150%27%20height%3D%27150%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20150%20150%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27150%27%20height%3D%27150%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/M.-chrotorrhinus-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Reproduction<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Females can mate 24 hours after giving birth, so they often are pregnant with one litter while nursing another<\/li>\n<li>Gestation is 19-21 days and a litter is usually 3 or 4 young 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