Bibliographic record
Abstract
132. Rock Vole Microtus chrotorrhinus French: Campagnol des rochers / German: Gelbnasen-Wihlimaus / Spanish: Topillo de roca Other common names: Southern Rock Vole, Yellow-nosed Vole Taxonomy. Arvicola chrotorrhinus G. S. Miller, 1894, head of Tuckerman’s Ravine, 5300 ft. (= 1615 m), Mt. Washington, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA. Three subspecies are recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. M.c.chrotorrhinusG.S.Miller,1894—S&EOntario,SQuebec,andWNewBrunswick,Canada,andNEMinnesota,NewYork,extremeWMassachusetts,Vermont,NewHampshire,Maine,NEPennsylvania, andextremeNWNewJersey,USA. M.c.carolinensisKomarek,1932—ETennesseeandWNorthCarolina,USA. M. c. ravus Bangs, 1898 — E Labrador and extreme E Quebec, Canada. Descriptive notes. Head-body 92-121 mm, tail 42-64 mm, ear 12-18 mm, hindfoot 18-24 mm; weight 30-40 g. Sexual dimorphism is minimal, with males slightly larger than females. Dorsum of the Rock Vole is dull gray/brownish yellow to bright glossy brownish yellow. It has yellowish orange tinge to snout—a feature it shares only with the Taiga Vole (M. xanthognathus) among species of North American Microtus. There is considerable regional variation in dentition of Rock Voles. Chromosomal complement is 2n = 60, FN = 64. Habitat. Coniferous and mixed forests at higher elevations in southern parts of its distribution; rocky substrates and talus slopes in coniferous forests farther north in Canada (where mossy rocks and ferns near streams are suitable for shallow burrows and runways); and forest ecotonal habitats and after clearcut logging. Food and Feeding. Diet is primarily grasses, sedges, and other herbaceous plants and fungi. Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis, Cornaceae), bluebead lilly (Clintonia borealis, Liliacaeae), blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium, Ericaceae), and raspberry (Rubus strigosa, Rosaceae) are commonly eaten. Breeding. Nests of Rock Voles are lined with grass and often under logs or stumps. Breeding occurs in March—October, and gestation lasts 19-21 days. Breeding season is longer in southern parts of the distribution where up to three litters of 1-7 young are produced annually. Larger average litters have been reported in northern populations. Young born in April-May can reproduce the same year. Activity patterns. Rock Voles are active year-round. They are thought to be primarily diurnal, but nocturnal activity has been observed. They spend most time in subterranean activity. Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information. Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Bibliography. Cassola (2016i), Hafner et al. (1998), Hall (1981), Kirkland (1977a, 1977b), Kirkland & Jannett (1982), Musser & Carleton (2005), Timm et al. (1977), Wilson & Ruff (1999).
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame distilled prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.007 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.030 | 0.020 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; both teacher heads agree on what is shown here.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".