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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Arvicolinae
--> GENUS Microtus
--> SUBGENUS Microtus
SPECIES Microtus (Microtus) paradoxus
| Author: | Ognev and Heptner, 1928. | | Citation: | Zool. Anz., 75: 263. | | Common Name: | Paradox Vole | | Type Locality: | S Turkmenistan, Kopet Dag Mtns, Chuli, near Ashkhabad. | | Distribution: | Kopet Dag Mtns, S Turkmenistan, and mountains of NE Iran in N Khorassan Prov. (near Dasht, Gowadoh, Dergematie, Kaur, and Gorgan; series in AMNH and USNM; Kryštufek and Kefelioğlu, 2002); may also occur in N Afghanistan, identified as M. guentheri (Hassinger, 1973), but the two cited specimens need to be reexamined. | |
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