Microtus liechtensteini

(von Wettstein, 1927)

Liechtenstein's Pine 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 : Terricola

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wettstein, O. von. 1927. Fünf neue europäische Säugetierformen. Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 64(1):1-5.

Original name as described

Pitymys liechtensteini

Other common names

Bavarian Pine Vole

Type material

NMW (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mali Rajinac near Krasno, Velebit Mountains, NW segment of Dinaric Alps, Croatia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Germany · Austria · Italy · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia

Taxonomy notes

includes bavaricus

Taxonomy notes citation

Martínková, N., Zima, J., Jaarola, M., Macholán, M., & Spitzenberger, F. (2007). The origin and phylogenetic relationships of Microtus bavaricus based on karyotype and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Folia Zoologica, 56(1), 39.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Country distribution map

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