Montane water vole
| Montane Water Vole | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Arvicola |
| Species: | A. scherman |
| Binomial name | |
| Arvicola scherman Shaw, 1801 | |
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The Montane Water Vole or Arvicola scherman is a species of vole found throughout Europe, from the mountains of northern Spain through central Europe and eastwards through to central Romania. Initially regarded as a species, it was reassigned as a subspecies of terrestris before being again designated as a species by Panteleyev in 2000.
References
- ↑ Amori, G., Hutterer, R., Kryštufek, B., Yigit, N., Mitsain, G. & Muñoz, L.J.P (2008). Arvicola scherman. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 25 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
Sources
- 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.
- Wilson and Reeder. Mammal Species of the World (3rd edition)