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
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
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