Bavarian pine vole
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The Bavarian pine vole (Microtus bavaricus) is a vole from the Austrian, Italian, and Bavarian Alps of Europe. It lived in moist meadows at elevations of 600-1,000 metres. There are 23 museum specimens of this species.
This rodent was previously known from only one location in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, which has since been altered by the construction of a hospital in the 1980s. No specimens of this rodent were recorded after 1962 and it was thought to be extinct. However, a population apparently belonging to this species was discovered in 2000 in Northern Tyrol, just across the German-Austrian border. An Austrian scientist, Friederike Spitzenberger, stumbled upon the species in one of her "living traps". Its species status is confirmed by genetic studies. Further research is required to determine the size and range of the population and the species has been re-assessed as Data Deficient by the IUCN.
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[edit] References
- Gippoliti (2002). Microtus bavaricus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is listed as data deficient
- 'A Gap in Nature' by Tim Flannery and Peter Schouten (2001), published by William Heinemann
- The Extinction Website, published by Peter Maas
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Microtus bavaricus, published by Peter Maas
