Taiwan vole
| Taiwan vole | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Microtus |
| Subgenus: | Alexandromys |
| Species: | M. kikuchii |
| Binomial name | |
| Mirotus kikuchii Kuroda, 1920 | |
The Taiwan vole (Microtus kikuchii) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Taiwan.
References
- ↑ Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. (2008). Mirotus kikuchii. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 22 June 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of near threatened.
- 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.