Large-eared Vole

The large-eared vole has a head-and-body length of 10.0–12.5 centimetres with a tail of 2.1–2.9 centimetres and a weight of about 36–40 grams. The hind foot is 15–17 millimetres and the ear 13–16 millimetres. The back fur is dark grey-brown with scattered long black hairs, and the very short tail is dark brown above and white below. The skull is 25.5–28.0 millimetres long and has very small tympanic bullae. (German Wikipedia, general species account)

It lives in the Trans-Baikal region and the Tarbagatai range, in southern Siberia around Lake Baikal as far as Mongolia, Kazakhstan and the north of China's Xinjiang region. In Mongolia the species is found in the Mongolian Altai and at Munku Sardyk in the East Sayan, and its altitude range reaches up to 2,450 metres. (German Wikipedia, general species account)