East European vole
| East European vole | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Microtus |
| Subgenus: | Microtus |
| Species: | M. mystacinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Microtus mystacinus (de Filippi, 1865)
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| Synonyms | |
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Microtus rossiaemeridionalis Ognev, 1924 | |
The East European vole (Microtus mystacinus) is a species of vole (rodent) in the family Cricetidae.[2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]It is found in Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, Iran, Svalbard (accidentally introduced from 1920),[3] North Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine and Norway.
Taxonomy
[edit]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][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Zagorodnyuk, I.; Henttonen, H.; Amori, G.; Hutterer, R.; Kryštufek, B.; Yigit, N.; Mitsainas, G. & Palomo, L. (2021) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Microtus levis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13454A197293248. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T13454A197293248.en. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1002. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b "Sibling Vole (Microtus levis)". The Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ Karl Fredga; Maarit Jaarola; Rolf Anker Ims; Harald Steen (December 1990). "The 'common vole' in Svalbard identified as Microtus epiroticus by chromosome analysis". Polar Research. 8 (2): 283–290. doi:10.3402/polar.v8i2.6818.
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