Biology:East European vole
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Short description: Species of rodent
| 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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Microtus rossiaemeridionalis Ognev, 1924 | |
The East European vole (Microtus mystacinus) is a species of vole (rodent) in the family Cricetidae.[2]
Distribution and habitat
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
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
- ↑ Zagorodnyuk, I.; Henttonen, H.; Amori, G.; Hutterer, R.; Kryštufek, B.; Yigit, N.; Mitsainas, G.; Palomo, L. (2021). "Microtus levis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T13454A197293248. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T13454A197293248.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13454/197293248. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ↑ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000270.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Sibling Vole (Microtus levis)". https://www.npolar.no/en/species/sibling-vole/.
- ↑ 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). doi:10.3402/polar.v8i2.6818. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312358745_The_%27common_vole%27_in_Svalbard_identified_as_Microtus_epiroticus_by_chromosome_analysis.
Wikidata ☰ Q703694 entry
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