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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Arvicolinae
--> GENUS Prometheomys
SPECIES Prometheomys schaposchnikowi
Author: | Satunin, 1901. | Citation: | Zool. Anz., 24: 572. | Common Name: | Long-clawed Mole Vole | Type Locality: | Georgia (Gruzinskaya), Caucasus Mtns, Gudaur, S of Krestovyi Pass, 6500 ft (as given by Ognev, 1963b). | Distribution: | Alpine zone of Caucasus Mtns, Georgia, and extreme NE Turkey (E Black Sea Mtns; Kryštufek and Vohralík, 2001). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Cranial and dental morphology detailed by Hinton (1926a); chromosomal data summarized by Zima and Kral (1984a); karyotype in sample from NE Turkey reported by Colak et al. (1999). |
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