Noun:

சுண்டெலி போன்ற எலி வகை,

voles's Usage Examples:

Various species of small native mice and voles are abundant.

The reindeer, arctic fox (Canis lagopus), hare, wolf, lemming (Myodes obensis), collar lemming (Cuniculus torquatus) and two species of voles (Arvicolae) are the most common on land.

Systematically voles are classed in the mammalian order Rodentia, in which they constitute the typical section of the subfamily Microtinae in the Muridae, or mouse-group.

In Britain, water voles occasionally undermine riverbanks, but otherwise they are harmless and cause no damage.

Although mainly carnivorous, the polecat has a varied diet consisting of voles, mice, rabbits and rats.

saxatilus), two voles (Arvicola russatus and A.

furunculus), three new voles (Arvicolae), the Tolai hare, Ogotona hare (Lagomys ogotona), Aegocerus argali, Antilope gutturosa and Equus hemionus (jighitai).

minutus), four voles (Arvicola amphibius, A.

Not to mention the dreadful unhygienic mess that nesting rooks can cause and the difficulty of removing the nests once established!Live prey is preferred at this time (especially young crows, rooks, magpies, voles and rabbits ).

Predation by the introduced American mink is thought to have a severe impact on the water voles populations, even causing local extinction.

A more sensitive approach to riverbank management needs to be encouraged to protect water voles.

As a group, voles are characterized by being more heavily built than rats and mice, and by their less brisk movements.

Synonyms:

meadow vole, Microtus richardsoni, prairie vole, Arvicola amphibius, Pitymys pinetorum, wood-rat, Microtus pennsylvaticus, water rat, water vole, Microtus ochrogaster, meadow mouse, pine vole, grasshopper mouse, Richardson vole, field mouse, redback vole, pine mouse, red-backed mouse, phenacomys, wood rat,

Antonyms:

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