Guatemalan Vole
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| Guatemalan Vole | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Microtus |
| Subgenus: | Pitymys |
| Species: | M. guatemalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Microtus guatemalensis Merriam, 1898 |
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The Guatemalan vole (Microtus guatemalensis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico in montane pine-oak forest and meadow at elevations between 2600 to 3100 m.[1] It is terrestrial and probably diurnal or crepuscular.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Matson, J. & Woodman, N. (2008). "Microtus guatemalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/13432. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 999. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000265.
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