Murree Vole

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Murree Vole
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Hyperacrius Species: H. wynnei
Binomial name
Hyperacrius wynnei (Blanford, 1881)

The Murree Vole (Hyperacrius wynnei) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is found only in Pakistan. Although they rarely attack humans they have been known to hunt the elderly and the sick when food is scarce.

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Hyperacrius wynnei. 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.