Caucasian snow vole

The Caucasian snow vole (Chionomys gud) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

Caucasian snow vole

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Chionomys
Species:
C. gud
Binomial name
Chionomys gud
Satunin, 1909

It is found in Georgia, Russian Federation, and Turkey.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland.

References

  1. Kryštufek, B.; Bukhnikashvili, A. & Sozen, M. (2008). "Chionomys gud". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) 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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