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Animals
A coarse-furred grassland rat pushing north into southern Indiana road verges and old fields.
Field facts
HabitatTall grass, weedy field edges, roadsides
RangeSouthern Indiana
When to lookYear-round
StatusLeast Concern; range expanding (Indiana DNR / IUCN Red List)
Look-alikesMeadow vole — smaller with a shorter tail
Field note: Its runways are wider than a vole's and littered with cut grass stems.
Lesson
Watching responsibly
Do not handle. Photograph runways and report new county records.
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