What is Bank vole?
{{Taxobox | name = Bank Vole | image = Feldmaus Microtus arvalis.jpg | image_caption = The '''Bank vole'''. | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Rodent]]ia | familia = [[Cricetidae]] | subfamilia = [[Arvicolinae]] | genus = ''[[Myodes]]'' | species = '''''M. glareolus''''' }} The '''bank vole''' (''Myodes glareolus'') is a small, type of [[vole]] with red-brown fur with some grey patches, its body is around 100 millimeters (3.9&nbsp;in) long in length and the tail is around 50 millimeters long. They weigh around 20 to 35 grams, they have blunt [[nose]]s and have small [[eye]]s and [[ear]]s. == Where it lives== The Bank vole lives in [[woodland]]s, oak woods, farmlands, hedgerows, and [[grassland]]s in [[Europe]] (except for the north and south) and east, north, and central [[Asia]]. == Behavior== The Bank Vole is active during both, day and night, but they rest a lot to stop themselves from getting tired. They make their nests under logs, in tree holes, or sometimes underground. In the autumn they store food for the winter. === Feeding=== Bank voles are [[omnivorous]], meaning that they eat other animals and plants. They eat [[insects]], [[snail]]s, [[grass]], [[seed]]s, [[fungi]], [[leaves]] and [[fruit]], like [[raspberry]] and [[hazelnut]]. They have also been known to eat the bodies of dead [[animal]]s. == Lives== Baby Bank voles are born in nests made of [[grass]], [[moss]] and feathers. The nests are built above ground, usually in trees. When the babies are born they have no fur and are blind. They live on their mothers milk for the first few weeks of their life. A mother Bank vole has an average of six babies at a time, and can have five litters in a season. A baby Bank vole born in [[Spring (season)|spring]] will be old enough to breed by the time [[Autumn|fall]] comes. A Bank vole lives for an average of 18 to 20 months. == Predators== Some predators of the Bank vole are the [[Barn owl]]s, the [[Tawny owl]]s, the [[fox]], the [[weasel]], and