Alexandromys mongolicus ...

• Main Authors: Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Lynx Edicions 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Cricetidae; Alexandromys; Alexandromys mongolicus; Krasnoyarsk Krai; Microtus arvalis; Lynx; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6706973; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6706973

117. Mongolian Vole Alexandromys mongolicus French: Campagnol de Mongolie / German: Mongolische Wiihimaus / Spanish: Topillo de Mongolia Taxonomy. Arvicola mongolicus Radde, 1861, Omutnaya River Valley, tributary to Amur River, Transbaikalia (Chitinskaya Oblast), Russia. In the past, A. mongolicus was considered a well-differentiated subspecies of Microtus arvalis. It is now in subgenus Alexandromys and mongolicus species group. This species group is morphologically well defined within the subgenus, but mtDNA suggests close affinities to the A. middendorffii + A. gromovi clade. Some morphological differences exist among populations from western and eastern parts of the distribution. Monotypic. Distribution. S Siberia (Altai Republic, S Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tuva, Buryatia, Zabaykalsky Krai, and Amur Region of Russia), N & E Mongolia, and NE China (Inner Mongolia [= Nei Mongol], Heilongjiang, and Jilin). Descriptive notes. Head-body 81-123 mm, tail 21-39 mm, ear 7-15 mm, hindfoot 12-18 mm; weight 13-40 g. Fur ... : Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Cricetidae, pp. 204-535 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on pages 328-329, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6707142 ...