The Montane Vole is a compact, gray-brown vole of high-elevation mountain meadows and sagebrush habitats across western North America. It is one of the dominant small herbivores in mountain meadow ecosystems and shows pronounced population cycles tied to food availability and predator pressure. Meadow areas may be honeycombed with its surface runway systems.
Best time to see a Montane Vole
The best time to see a Montane Vole is April–July, when about 62% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 65 research-grade iNaturalist observations.
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