It is named for Ángel Cabrera, a mammalogist then working at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid.

[1] Within these regions, the vole inhabits areas of pasture and agricultural land, and clearings in oak forests, and is typically found in small, relatively isolated, populations close to water.

[2] The species was much more widespread prior to the late Iron Age about 2000 years ago, and once also inhabited southern France.

[2] The voles breed throughout the year, but more commonly in winter than in summer, apparently due to the great availability of green grass.

Shortly after, they begin to explore the nest and to take some solid food; they are fully weaned by 15 days.