Schelkovnikov's Pine Vole

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Schelkovnikov's Pine Vole
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Microtus Subgenus: Hyrcanicola Nadachowski, 2007 Species: M. schelkovnikovi
Binomial name
Microtus schelkovnikovi (Satunin, 1907)

Schelkovnikov's Pine Vole (Microtus schelkovnikovi) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is found in Azerbaijan and Iran. It has recently been considered the sole species in the subgenus Hyrcanicola.

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Microtus schelkovnikovi. 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.
• Nadachowski, A. 2007. The taxonomic status of Schelkovnikov's Pine Vole Microtus schelkovnikovi (Rodentia, Mammalia). Acta zoologica cracoviensia 50A(1-2):67-72.