A large vole associated with wet grasslands. Seasonal movements in the Dongting Lake area have been studied in relation to changing lake levels.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences account describes a rounded head, short ears hidden in the fur, a dark-brown back, and a dingy-white underside.
In the Dongting Lake study, voles moved across dikes to farmland when rising water covered the lake’s exposed sandbars.
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