Persian Vole
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| Persian Vole | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Microtus |
| Subgenus: | Microtus |
| Species: | M. irani |
| Binomial name | |
| Microtus irani Thomas, 1921 |
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The Persian Vole (Microtus irani) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is only found in Iran.
[edit] References
- ^ Kryštufek, B. & Amori, G. (2008). Microtus irani. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 June 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of data deficient.
- 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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