Nebraska mammals

Western Meadow Vole in Nebraska

Microtus drummondii

Native to Nebraska SNR Unranked in Nebraska

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

IUCN Red List status

NE – Not Evaluated

Not yet assessed against IUCN Red List criteria.

Western Meadow Vole in Nebraska, by the numbers

Occasional in Nebraska 50th most recorded of 95 mammals logged in Nebraska

25 occurrence records
25 with iNaturalist photos
Mar 13, 2026 Last seen in Nebraska

Records from 2000–2026.

When to look for the Western Meadow Vole in Nebraska

Most sightings fall in April.

25 Nebraska occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year, 2000–2026. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence. Based on a small number of dated records; the seasonal pattern may not be representative.

Monthly Nebraska records (table)
MonthRecords
January0
February0
March2
April6
May0
June2
July3
August1
September1
October4
November2
December4

Monthly western meadow vole occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in Nebraska, 2000–2026.

Seasonality

Year-round in Nebraska, with recorded sightings peaking in April, with a smaller rise in October and December.

Occurrence map

Where Western Meadow Vole has been recorded in Nebraska

25 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

25 Nebraska records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
Davis Prairie 1

Protected places with the most western meadow 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 Nebraska

CountyRecords
Lancaster County 7
Douglas County 4
Dawes County 4
Sarpy County 3
Buffalo County 1
Cherry County 1
Hall County 1
Banner County 1
Cass County 1
Gage County 1
Knox County 1

The complete county distribution, spread across 11 Nebraska counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

Western meadow voles carry no NatureServe state rank in Nebraska, SNR unranked, and the record leans toward iNaturalist (25) over GBIF (19), suggesting casual sightings document this recently split species (formerly lumped with the meadow vole) about as often as survey data.

Records scatter across eight separate months with an April peak (6 sightings) and secondary bumps in October and December (4 each), too uneven a pattern to describe a confident seasonal cycle in a dataset this size, though the fall-winter bumps may track increased visibility of runways in thinning vegetation.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist.

More mammals in Nebraska 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"