Blyth's Mountain Vole

Blyth's mountain vole is a compact, short-tailed vole of the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau. It has dense grey-brown fur, small ears and a blunt muzzle suited to cold upland conditions. The species occupies alpine meadow, steppe and rocky grassland and feeds on grasses and other herbaceous plants. Its taxonomy has been examined within recent molecular studies of Neodon. (Peer-reviewed Neodon phylogeny)