Taiwan vole

The Taiwan vole (Microtus kikuchii) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Taiwan.

Taiwan vole

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Microtus
Subgenus: Alexandromys
Species:
M. kikuchii
Binomial name
Microtus kikuchii
Kuroda, 1920

References

  1. Kennerley, R. 2017. Microtus kikuchii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T23042A22349540. http://oldredlist.iucnredlist.org/details/23042/0 Downloaded on 17 September 2017.
  • 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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