Biology:Southern vole
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Short description: Species of rodent
| Southern 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. levis
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| Binomial name | |
| Microtus levis Miller, 1908
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| Synonyms | |
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rossiaemeridionalis Ognev, 1924 epiroticus Ondrias, 1966 | |
The southern vole (Microtus levis) 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), 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]
References
- ↑ Zagorodnyuk, I.; Henttonen, H.; Amori, G.; Hutterer, R.; Kryštufek, B.; Yigit, N.; Mitsain, G.; Muñoz, L.J.P. (2008). "Microtus levis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/13454/0. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Norwegian Polar Institute - Sibling Vole
Wikidata ☰ Q703694 entry
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