Microtus transcaspicus

Satunin, 1905

Transcaspian 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Izv. Kavkas. Mus., vol. 2, 57

Original name as described

Microtus transcaspicus

Other common names

Middle East Vole

Type locality

near Ashabad, Tschuli Gorge, Kopet Dag Mountains, Turkmenistan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Turkmenistan · Iran · Afghanistan

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. kermanensis

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002108

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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 transcaspicus

Satunin, 1905

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

transcaspicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

57

Authority publication

Mitteilungen des Kaukasischen Museums

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  9. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13459/22349076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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