Microtus mustersi
Hinton, 1926
Cyrenaica 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
Hinton, M.A.C. 1926-09-01. Note on the occurrence of a vole in northern Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)18(105):304-306.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932608633512Original name as described
Microtus mustersi
Other common names
Muster's Vole
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1926.8.4.4
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Merg, Cyrenaica, Libya.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Libya
Taxonomy notes
split from M. guentheri
Taxonomy notes citation
Thanou, E., Paragamian, K., & Lymberakis, P. (2020). Social but lonely: Species delimitation of social voles and the evolutionary history of the only Microtus species living in Africa. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 58(1), 475-498.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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