Southern vole
| Southern vole | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Microtus |
| Subgenus: | Microtus |
| Species: | M. levis |
| Binomial name | |
| Microtus levis Miller, 1908 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
rossiaemeridionalis Ognev, 1924 epiroticus Ondrias, 1966 | |
The southern vole (Microtus levis) is a species of vole (rodent) in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is found in Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, Iran, Svalbard (accidentally introduced), the Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine and Norway. On Svalbard they were first discovered in 1960 in the Grumantbyen area, and were thought to be the common vole until a genetic analysis correctly identified them in 1990.[3]
References
- ↑ Zagorodnyuk, I., Henttonen, H., Amori, G., Hutterer, R., Kryštufek, B., Yigit, N., Mitsain, G. & Muñoz, L.J.P. (2008). "Microtus levis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
- ↑ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1002. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ The Norwegian Polar Institute - Sibling Vole