Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Bavarian pine vole (Microtus bavaricus), recorded as Critically Endangered
Bavarian pine vole (Microtus bavaricus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Bavarian pine vole

Microtus bavaricus

The Bavarian pine vole is a vole from the Austrian, Italian, and Bavarian Alps of Europe.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Microtus bavaricus
Taxonomy
Mammalia · Rodentia · Cricetidae · Microtus

The rodent

Bavarian pine vole is a rodent in the family Cricetidae (order Rodentia) — Microtus bavaricus.

Range and habitat

No country pin is stored for Bavarian pine vole on this catalog. That is a missing field, not proof the animal has no range.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

There are 23 museum specimens of this species. It was previously known to live in only one location, Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, that was altered by the construction of a hospital in the 1980s. No specimens of this rodent were recorded after 1962 and it was thought to be extinct. Even so, a population apparently belonging to this species was discovered in 2000 in Northern Tyrol, just across the German-Austrian border.

Although it was difficult to analyze the exact cause due to the limited population, it was assumed that the habitat had changed due to competition with other species. Further research is required to determine the size and range of the population and the species has been re-assessed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN.

Bavarian pine vole is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Bavarian pine vole, Wikidata item Q812250. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Bavarian pine vole?
The Bavarian pine vole is a vole from the Austrian, Italian, and Bavarian Alps of Europe.
What is the conservation status of Bavarian pine vole?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Microtus bavaricus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Bavarian pine vole live?
The Bavarian pine vole is a vole from the Austrian, Italian, and Bavarian Alps of Europe.
Why is Bavarian pine vole in crisis?
There are 23 museum specimens of this species. It was previously known to live in only one location, Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, that was altered by the construction of a hospital in the 1980s.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Microtus bavaricus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Bavarian pine vole a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.