Microtus yuldaschi

(Severtzov, 1879)

Juniper Vole

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Tribe : Microtini
Genus : Microtus
Subgenus : Blanfordimys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Sap. Turk. Otd. Obsh.Lubit. Estestv., vol. 1, 63 Severtsov, N.A. 1879. Zametki o faune pozvonochnykh Pamira. Zap. Turkestansk. otdela Imp. o-va lyubit. estestvozn. T. 1, vyp. 1. S. 58-89.

Original name as described

Arvicola yuldaschi

Other common names

Juniper Mountain Vole · Pamir Vole

Type material

ZIN S. 20308

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Kara-Art, Karakul' Lake, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Uzbekistan · Tajikistan · Kyrgyzstan · Afghanistan · Pakistan · China

Taxonomy notes

previously spelt 'juldaschi', but this was a subsequent mispelling from the original description and the correct original spelling is 'yuldaschi'; moved from Neodon, to Blandfordimys, to Microtus

Taxonomy notes citation

Liu, S., Jin, W., Liu, Y., Murphy, R. W., Lv, B., Hao, H., ... & Fu, J. (2016). Taxonomic position of Chinese voles of the tribe Arvicolini and the description of 2 new species from Xizang, China. Journal of Mammalogy, gyw170. · Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. (2022). Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor Press, Maribor.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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