Name of animal-plant: California vole

Species name: Microtus californicus

Animal type: T_MAMMAL

Subcategory: sm_mammal

Fact:

All animals and plants are given a species name based on a technical term in biological taxnomy. The species name consists of two words and is based on Latin.

The first part of the name identifies the genus to which the species belongs and  the second part identifies the species within the genus. In this animals case it is: Microtus californicus