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--> ORDER RODENTIA
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--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Arvicolinae
--> GENUS Microtus
--> SUBGENUS Alexandromys
SPECIES Microtus (Alexandromys) limnophilus
Author: | Büchner, 1889. | Citation: | Wiss. Res. Przewalski Cent.-Asien. Reis. Zool., I: (Säugeth.): 110. | Common Name: | Lacustrine Vole | Type Locality: | China, Qinghai. | Distribution: | NC China (from N Sichuan, E Qinghai, Gansu, and Shaanxi northeast through Ningxia to C Nei Mongol and NW Xinjiang; Zhang et al., 1997, as M. oeconomus) to W Mongolia. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Alexandromys (including subgenus Pallasiinus sensu Zagorodnyuk, 1990, and Pavlinov et al., 1995a). Formerly included in M. oeconomus (Corbet, 1978c; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951), but Malygin et al. (1990, and references therein) separated limnophilus as a parapatric species in W Mongolia; further evidence of interspecific distinction and of intraspecific karyotypic variation presented by Courant et al. (1999). Correlation and interdependence among non-metric traits with sex, age, and body size discussed by Markowski (1995). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
flaviventris Satunin, 1903 malcolmi Thomas, 1911 malygini Courant et al., 1999
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