Mexican vole

The Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in Mexico and the United States.

Mexican vole

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Microtus
Species:
M. mexicanus
Binomial name
Microtus mexicanus
(Saussure, 1861)
Synonyms

mogollonensis (Mearns, 1890)

References

  1. Tsytsulina, K.; Formozov, N. & Sheftel, B. (2008). "Microtus mexicanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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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