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--> GENUS Chionomys
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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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
circassicus (Heptner, 1948) occidentalis (Turov, 1928) personatus Ognev, 1924 pshavus (Shidlovski, 1919) turovi (Hoffmeister, 1949)
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