Eastern heather vole
| Eastern heather vole | |
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Secure (NatureServe) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Phenacomys |
| Species: | P. ungava
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| Binomial name | |
| Phenacomys ungava (Merriam, 1889)
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| Synonyms | |
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Phenacomys intermedius ungava | |
The eastern heather vole (Phenacomys ungava) is a small North American vole. Until recently, this species was considered to belong to the same species as the western heather vole (P. intermedius). It is also called the Ungava vole.
Though some studies have indicated that P. ungava is "rare" or "uncommon," other researchers have found that the animal can be common locally, and others have suggested that the population may undergo cyclic abundance.