Middendorf's vole

Middendorf's vole (Microtus middendorffi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Russia.

Middendorf's vole
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Microtus
Subgenus: Alexandromys
Species:
M. middendorffi
Binomial name
Microtus middendorffi
(Poliakov, 1881)
Synonyms
  • hyperboreus Vinogradov, 1934
  • obscurus (Middendorf, 1853)
  • ryphaeus Heptner, 1948
  • swerevi Scalon, 1935
  • tasensis Skalon, 1935
  • uralensis Skalon, 1935

References

  1. Tsytsulina, K.; Formozov, N. & Sheftel, B. (2008). "Microtus middendorffi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
  • 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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