European pine vole
European pine vole | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Genus: | Microtus |
Subgenus: | Microtus |
Species: | M. subterraneus |
Binomial name | |
Microtus subterraneus (de Selys-Longchamps, 1836) | |
The European pine vole (Microtus subterraneus), also known as the common pine vole, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is native to much of Europe and parts of Asia.[1]
This is a widespread, common species that lives in many types of habitat.[1]
References
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- 1 2 Amori, G., et al. 2008. Microtus subterraneus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 08 March 2016.
Further reading
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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