Hyperacrius wynnei

(Blanford, 1881)

Murree 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 : Hyperacrius

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 49, 244

Original name as described

Arvicola wynnei

Other common names

Conifer Kashmir Vole

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1908.3.9.18

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"Ad Mari (Murree) in montibus Himalayanis occidentalibus." Based on lecotype selection by C. J. Phillips in 1969, type locality fixed as "Muree, 7000 ft [= 2134 m], North Punjab (border of Rawalpindi-Hazara districts), West Pakistan."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Pakistan

Taxonomy notes

moved from Clethrionomyini to Arvicolini

Taxonomy notes citation

Abramson, N. I., Golenishchev, F. N., Bodrov, S. Y., Bondareva, O. V., Genelt-Yanovskiy, E. A., & Petrova, T. V. (2020). Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic position of genus Hyperacrius (Rodentia: Arvicolinae) from Kashmir based on evidences from analysis of mitochondrial genome and study of skull morphology. PeerJ, 8, e10364.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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