Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Rodentia > Family: Muridae > Genus: Arvicola > Species: Arvicola amphibius

Water vole - Arvicola amphibius Blasius, 1858

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Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Most preferred habitats	rivers and lakes wetlands
May also occur in	agricultural mosaics cropland grassland woodland and forest
The EUNIS species component has very limited information about this species. The main focus of the EUNIS species component is to provide relevant information about the European species protected by Directives, Conventions and Agreements. The species assessed in the European Red Lists prepared by the IUCN for the European Commission are also included. See here what is Europe from a geographical point of view. Other resources available below may have more information.

Threat status Europe

Least Concern (IUCN)

Most preferred habitats

rivers and lakes
wetlands

May also occur in

agricultural mosaics
cropland
grassland
woodland and forest

The EUNIS species component has very limited information about this species.

The main focus of the EUNIS species component is to provide relevant information about the European species protected by Directives, Conventions and Agreements. The species assessed in the European Red Lists prepared by the IUCN for the European Commission are also included.

See here what is Europe from a geographical point of view.

Other resources available below may have more information.

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Sources:

EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Not listed in legal texts

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Arvicola terrestre	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Arvikola	Albanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Campagnol terrestre	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hryzec vodní	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hryzec vodný	Slovak	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Karczownik ziemnowodny	Polish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Közönséges kószapocok	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mosegris	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mügri	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rata topera	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rato-dos-lameiros	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Schermaus	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Vånd	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Vandrotte	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Vatnsnarta	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Vattensork	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Veliki voluhar	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Vesimyyrä	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Vodeni voluhar	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Water vole	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Woelrat	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Wullmaus	Luxemburgish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

Synonym	Author
Arvicola terrestris	(Linnaeus, 1758)

Other resources

Fauna Europaea search	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS search	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information

External data

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