Nevada mammals

Sagebrush Vole in Nevada

Lemmiscus curtatus

Native to Nevada S3 Vulnerable in Nevada

Not listed as nonindigenous in Nevada by USGS NAS; native to its Nevada range.

IUCN Red List status

  1. LC
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX

LC – Least Concern

Widespread and abundant; not at risk.

Sagebrush Vole in Nevada, by the numbers

Common in Nevada 27th most recorded of 142 mammals logged in Nevada

324 occurrence records
2 with iNaturalist photos
Jun 25, 2025 Last seen in Nevada

Records from 2000–2026.

324 total records count every Nevada occurrence from GBIF and iNaturalist; the map plots a georeferenced sample of 298; the monthly chart covers the 295 records with a full observation date.

When to look for the Sagebrush Vole in Nevada

Most sightings fall in May to July.

295 Nevada occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year, 2000–2026. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence.

Monthly Nevada records (table)
MonthRecords
January0
February0
March9
April8
May63
June63
July84
August33
September22
October9
November2
December2

Monthly sagebrush vole occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in Nevada, 2000–2026.

Seasonality

Year-round in Nevada, with recorded sightings peaking in May–July.

Occurrence map

Where Sagebrush Vole has been recorded in Nevada

298 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

298 Nevada records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
Great Basin National Park 18
Pine Forest Range Wilderness Area 9
High Schells Wilderness 3
Ruby Mountains Wilderness 3

Protected places with the most sagebrush vole sightings, from the USGS Protected Areas Database plus named mountain ranges, good spots to look, not a full breakdown, so they don't sum to the total.

Where it's recorded in Nevada

CountyRecords
Esmeralda County 66
White Pine County 61
Elko County 56
Humboldt County 41
Nye County 25
Mineral County 20
Washoe County 10
Lander County 8
Douglas County 4
Churchill County 3
Eureka County 1
Storey County 1
2 other counties 28

The complete county distribution, spread across 14 Nevada counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

Nevada records for the sagebrush vole are anchored by Great Basin National Park and Black Rock Desert–High Rock Canyon. They show where people have reported it, not how many animals live there.

The Nevada records bridge the state’s southern desert country and its higher central or northern ranges. That broad spread matters more than any single hotspot. The strongest reporting falls in summer, when Nevada’s high country is easiest to reach but low deserts are hottest. That may shape where observers submit records.

The file combines 2 research-grade iNaturalist records and 323 GBIF records. Those 325 records measure documented encounters, not Nevada’s population size. It’s native to Nevada. Nevada doesn’t specifically list it under the state’s conservation framework, and the IUCN lists it as Least Concern.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

More mammals in Nevada in the atlas

Data & sources

The data and visualizations on this page draw on these open sources:

  • GBIFCC-BY 4.0occurrence records behind the range map, elevation, and record counts
  • iNaturalistCC0 / CC-BY / CC-BY-SAobservations, photos, and audio recordings
  • NatureServe ExplorerCC-BYthe state conservation rank
  • IUCN Red Listattributed factthe global conservation status
  • USGS NASpublic domainnative / introduced status
  • Natural Earthpublic domainthe relief basemap
  • USFSpublic domainnational-forest boundaries
  • USGS Protected Areas Databasepublic domainthe named parks, forests, and refuges behind "notable places to look"