Doğramaci's vole

Doğramaci's vole (Microtus dogramacii) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in central Turkey, and is similar to the social vole, although different in terms of cranial proportions and karyotype.

Doğramaci's vole
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Microtus
Subgenus: Microtus
Species:
M. dogramacii
Binomial name
Microtus dogramacii
(Kefelioğlu and Kryštufek, 1999)

References

  1. Kryštufek, B.; Yigit, N.; Kefelioglu, H. & Sozen, M. (2008). "Microtus dogramacii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
  • D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2005: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


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