There are over 150 species of Vole, small rodents similar in size to a mouse, but rounder in body. Voles breed fast and die young, producing between 5 and 10 litters a year, with up to 10 offspring each litter. Very few Voles live longer than a year. They play an important role in the food chain of many species - from owls, mustelids, foxes, cats, basically anything of medium size and carnivorous diet. Her own diet is vegetation, and she enjoys snackinmg on succulent root systems of plants, not stopping until the plant is dead.
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