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vole animal :: Article Creator Southern Red-backed Vole (Clethrionomys gapperi) From: Saunders, D. A. 1988. Adirondack Mammals. State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 216pp Order: RodentiaFamily: Cricetidae Range and Habitat The range is the forested regions of Canada, the northern U.S. And the Northeast; to southwestern New Mexico and Arizona in the Rockies; and to northern Georgia in the Appalachians. The southern red-backed vole occurs in all terrestrial habitats of the Adirondacks including alpine tundra, bogs, and swamp edges, and at all elevations. However, it prefers moist forests, especially the mixed coniferous-deciduous, with an abundant supply of logs, stumps, roots, rocks, and twigs which provide shelter, food, and moisture or humidity. Population levels, precipitation, and the relative abundance of other small mammals such as meadow vole influence local distribution in marginal habitat. Red...