Social Vole

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Social Vole
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae 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 Cricetidae family. It is found in China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Syria, Turkey, and Ukraine.

[edit] 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.