Transcaspian Vole

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Transcaspian Vole
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Microtus Subgenus: Microtus Species: M. transcaspicus
Binomial name
Microtus transcaspicus Satunin, 1905
Synonyms
kermanensis Roguin, 1988

The Transcaspian Vole (Microtus transcaspicus) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkmenistan.

[edit] References

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