Social vole

Social vole
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Cricetidae
Subfamily:Arvicolinae
Genus:Microtus
Subgenus:Microtus
Species: M. socialis
Binomial name
Microtus socialis
(Pallas, 1773)

The social vole (Microtus socialis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Syria, Turkey, and Ukraine.

References

    • Baillie, J. 1996. Microtus socialis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
    • 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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