Arvicola amphibius - #3649
Eurasian Water Vole
Feeding on vegetation.
Geographic Distribution
Europe (excluding C and S Spain but including N Spain and N Portugal) east through Siberia to Lena River Basin (Yakutskaya); from Arctic Sea south to Lake Baikal and N Tien Shan Mtns of NW China (Xinjiang) through NW Iran, Iraq, N Israel, Caucasus, and Turkey; also in Great Britain except Ireland
Order/Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Arvicola
Specific Epithet
amphibius
Image Location
UK, England, Shropshire, Whitchurch
Image Date
31 May 2006
Photographer
JE Harding