Middendorf's Vole

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Middendorf's Vole
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Microtus Subgenus: Alexandromys Species: M. middendorffi
Binomial name
Microtus middendorffi (Poliakov, 1881)
Synonyms
hyperboreus Vinogradov, 1934 obscurus (Middendorf, 1853) ryphaeus Heptner, 1948 swerevi Scalon, 1935 tasensis Skalon, 1935 uralensis Skalon, 1935

Middendorf's Vole (Microtus middendorffi) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is found only in Russia.

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Microtus hyperboreus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• Baillie, J. 1996. Microtus middendorffi. 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.