Chionomys

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Chionomys
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene to Recent
Chionomys nivalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Tribe: Arvicolini
Subtribe: Arvicolina
Genus: Chionomys
Miller, 1908
Species

Chionomys gud
Chionomys nivalis
Chionomys roberti

Chionomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species:

  • Caucasian Snow Vole (Chionomys gud)
  • European Snow Vole (Chionomys nivalis)
  • Robert's Snow Vole (Chionomys roberti)

References

  • 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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