Middendorf's vole
| Middendorf's vole | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Microtus |
| Subgenus: | Alexandromys |
| Species: | M. middendorffi
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| Binomial name | |
| Microtus middendorffi (Poliakov, 1881)
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Middendorf's vole (Microtus middendorffi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Russia, most commonly north Siberia.
The common name commemorates Alexander Theodor von Middendorff (1815–1894), a German–Russian naturalist who traveled extensively in Siberia. It is also known as the north Siberian vole or Altai vole.[2]
This vole, along with Microtus gregalis, is one of the primary preys of the Arctic fox on the Yamal Peninsula.[3]
References[]
- ^ Tsytsulina, K.; Formozov, N. & Sheftel, B. (2008). "Microtus middendorffi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
- ^ "Microtus middendorffii". Animal Diversity Web. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
- ^ Terekhina, Alexandra (2021). "The context of an emerging predation problem: Nenets reindeer herders and Arctic foxes in Yamal". European Journal of Wildlife Research: 4.
- 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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