The voles are relatively timid, generally do not get close to people, and will avoid humans; the voles like to be active at night, because humans have rested, the voles are good at digging, and they do not refuse to eat all kinds of plants in their habitats. The social voles have super reproductive ability and produce at least 3 litters per year, with 2 to 9 litters per litter, and most of them are 5 to 6 litters.

The voles inhabit the mountain grasslands, shrub grasslands and farmland below 2480m above sea level For nearby grasslands, they like to choose wet grasses near water sources as habitat sites. The social voles mostly build burrows on sunny slopes overgrown with weeds and sub-shrubs; the social voles on the plains and piedmont hills mostly build burrows in low-lying places and on both sides of the lower gullies.