European snow vole (Chionomys nivalis) on the way in the scree.

Photo: European snow vole (Chionomys nivalis) on the way in the scree.
Description: European snow vole (Chionomys nivalis) on the way in the scree.
L Habitat: Barren, stony surface on lateral moraine. Altitude: about 2150m a.s.l.
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Behavior: In 2020 we visited this place four times. Three times we could observe the mouse. It scurried very quickly from cover to cover in the quite large, angular stones. Then again a little bit through corridors below the stones.
Lat.: Chionomys nivalis
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Chionomys
Location: Kiental, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
Date Month/Year: 5.2020
Photographer: Daniela Oberli, Hasle-Rüegsau
Number: C162284