Microtus obscurus ...

• 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; Microtus; Microtus obscurus; Tuva; Common vole; Lynx; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6707174; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6707174

176. Altai Vole Microtus obscurus French: Campagnol obscur / German: Studostfeldmaus / Spanish: Topillo de Altai Other common names: Dark Vole Taxonomy. Hypudaeus obscurus Eversmann, 1841, probably near Chujskij trakt (a road), Altai Mtns., Russia. Microtus obscurus is in subgenus Microtus and arvalis species group. It is frequently regarded as a semi-species, subspecies, or group of populations of M. arvalis. There is no consensus on number of subspecies | of M. obscurus. Phylogeographic studies retrieved main evolutionary divergence on the Caucasus. Monotypic. Distribution. E Ukraine and Crimea, C, E & S European Russia, Georgia, E Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, extreme NW Iran, N & E Kazakhstan, S Siberia (as far E as Tomsk and Kemerovo regions, and W Tuva), NW Mongolia, and NW China (Xinjiang). Descriptive notes. Head-body 101-136 mm,tail 32-51 mm; weight 23-48 g. In external and craniodental morphology, the Altai Vole is nearly identical to the Common Vole (M. arvalis). Tail is 28-3-40-6% of ... : 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 page 352, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6707142 ...