Tien Shan Vole

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Tien Shan Vole
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Microtus
Subgenus: Microtus
Species: M. ilaeus
Binomial name
Microtus ilaeus
Thomas, 1912
Synonyms

kirgisorum (Ognev, 1950)

The Tien Shan Vole (Microtus ilaeus) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.

[edit] References

  • Baillie, J. 1996. Microtus kirgisorum. 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.
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