Blyth's Vole

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Blyth's Vole
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Arvicolinae Tribe: Arvicolini Genus: Phaiomys Blyth, 1863 Species: P. leucurus
Binomial name
Phaiomys leucurus (Blyth, 1863)

Blyth's Vole (Phaiomys leucurus) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is the only species in the genus Phaiomys. It is found in China and India.

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Microtus leucurus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.