Microtus kermanensis

de Roguin, 1988

Kerman 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 : Microtus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Roguin, L. de. 1988. Notes sur quelques mammifères du Baluchistan iranien. Revue suisse de Zoologie 95(2):595-606.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41228873

Original name as described

Microtus kermanensis

Other common names

Balochistan Vole

Type material

MHNG 1686.84

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

30 km south of Kerman, Iran.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Iran

Taxonomy notes

split from M. transcaspicus, although it may be a synonym of M. mystacinus

Taxonomy notes citation

Golenishchev, F.N., Malikov, V.G., Bulatova, N.Sh., Vazari, A.Sh. and Nazari, F. 2000. Some new data on morphology and karyology of Microtus kermanensis (Rodentia, Arvcolinae) and supposed phylogeographic history of the "Aravaloid" voles. In: Agadjanian, A.K., and Orlov, V.N. (eds), Systematics and Phylogeny of the Rodents and Lagomorphs, pp. 34-36. Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. · Golenishchev, F., Malikov, V., Petrova, T., Bodrov, S., & Abramson, N. (2019). Toward assembling a taxonomic puzzle: Case study of Iranian gray voles of the subgenus Microtus (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Mammalian Biology, 94(1), 98-105.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002076

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Microtus kermanensis

de Roguin, 1988

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

kermanensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 1686.84

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

601

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41228873

Authority publication

Revue suisse de Zoologie

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  5. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13437/91356777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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