Microtus means “small ear” and the voles of this genus have short ears that barely protrude from the fur surrounding them. The meadow vole is a typical representative of this group and has dull fur ...

These were not just ordinary water-voles, but Grantchester Meadow Water-Voles, made tamer than most by living on the left bank of a river much traveled by punts and canoes, opposite a reed-fringed ...