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Bavarian pine vole

Microtus bavaricus Konig, 1962

CRCritically Endangeredrodents

The bavarian pine vole (Microtus bavaricus) is a species in the family Cricetidae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh 23.9 g to 29.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Critically Endangered.

Bavarian pine vole (Microtus bavaricus)
Photo: Nadja Hattinger · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the bavarian pine vole

Weight
23.9 g – 29.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bavarian pine vole live?

Not recorded

What is the bavarian pine vole?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Bavarian pine vole (Microtus bavaricus) is a vole from the Austrian, Italian, and Bavarian Alps of Europe. It lives in moist meadows at elevations of 600 to 1,000 meters.

From the Wikipedia article “Bavarian pine vole” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bavarian_pine_vole&oldid=1344258540), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the bavarian pine vole endangered?

The bavarian pine vole is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

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How is the bavarian pine vole classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderRodentia
  5. familyCricetidae
  6. genusMicrotus
  7. SpeciesMicrotus bavaricus Konig, 1962

Synonyms Pitymys bavaricus

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Bavarian voleEnglish
  • Bayerische KurzohrmausGerman

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the bavarian pine vole

Other species in the same genus Microtus.

LC, Least Concern
Tundra vole (Microtus oeconomus)

Tundra vole

Microtus oeconomus

Cricetidae

LC, Least Concern
Social vole (Microtus socialis)

Social vole

Microtus socialis

Cricetidae

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Common questions

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How big is the bavarian pine vole?

An adult bavarian pine vole weighs 23.9 g – 29.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the bavarian pine vole endangered?

The bavarian pine vole is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the bavarian pine vole?

The bavarian pine vole (Microtus bavaricus) belongs to the family Cricetidae in the order Rodentia.

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BibTeX
@misc{bavarian_pine_vole_2026,
  title = {Bavarian pine vole (Microtus bavaricus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bavarian-pine-vole},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}