Cabrera's vole is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula and lives in places where moist soil and perennial grasses are available.
It has a broad head and short rounded ears. Its thick, coarse fur is yellowish-brown to olive-brown above and grayish to whitish underneath.
Researchers radio-tracked 16 Cabrera Voles in two grassland patches beside the N4 road in Alentejo, southern Portugal. One patch was a small road verge and the other was a larger meadow. Voles in the verge patch had smaller and less complex home ranges than those in the meadow.
A barrier effect from the road was found in both patches and was much stronger for the verge population. Day-period differences in movement were also found only in the smaller verge patch. The study followed individual Cabrera Voles moving through two road-side habitats.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
The road-barrier effect was much stronger for voles in the small verge patch than in the larger meadow.