Short-tailed Vole

Various fragments of Short-tailed Vole (Microtus agrestis): Two crania, one complete mandible, one partial mandible, one fragment of mandible, limb bones, vertebrae, pelvis fragment, teeth.

Various fragments of Short-tailed Vole (Microtus agrestis): Two crania, one complete mandible, one partial mandible, one fragment of mandible, limb bones, vertebrae, pelvis fragment, teeth. These specimens were removed from an owl pellet measuring 1.5 inches x 0.5 inches, which was collected from near the sea wall at Egypt Bay, Halstow Marshes, Kent.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
NH.0.368
COLLECTION
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
skeletal material
CATEGORY
Natural History: Zoology
LOCATION
In storage
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