Lusitanian pine vole

Lusitanian pine vole
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Cricetidae
Subfamily:Arvicolinae
Genus:Microtus
Subgenus:Terricola
Species: M. lusitanicus
Binomial name
Microtus lusitanicus
(Gerbe, 1879)

The Lusitanian pine vole (Microtus lusitanicus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in France, Portugal, and Spain.

References

  1. Aulagnier, S.; Amori, G.; Hutterer, R.; Kryštufek, B.; Yigit, N.; Mitsain, G. & Muñoz, L.J.P. (2008). "Microtus lusitanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 22 June 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


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