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SPECIES Chionomys roberti

Author:Thomas, 1906.
Citation:Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 17: 418.
Common Name:Robert’s Snow Vole
Type Locality:Turkey, Sumela (=Meryemana), south of Trebizond (Kryštufek, 1999c).
Distribution:Forests in W Caucasus (Georgia and Azerbaijan), and in E Black Sea Mtns, NE Turkey.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).
Comments:Distributional and biological aspects of Turkish populations reported by Kryštufek (1999c), who noted slight chromosomal differences between those and Caucasus populations.
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Synonyms:

    circassicus (Heptner, 1948)
    occidentalis (Turov, 1928)
    personatus Ognev, 1924
    pshavus (Shidlovski, 1919)
    turovi (Hoffmeister, 1949)

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