Middendorff's vole

Middendorff's vole
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Alexandromys
Species:
A. middendorffi
Binomial name
Alexandromys middendorffi
(Poliakov, 1881)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Arvicola middendorfii Poljakov, 1881
  • Microtus middendorffi (Poliakov, 1881) [orth. error]
  • Microtus middendorffii (Poljakov, 1881)
  • hyperboreus Vinogradov, 1934
  • obscurus (Middendorff, 1853)
  • ryphaeus Heptner, 1948
  • swerevi Skalon, 1935
  • tasensis Skalon, 1935
  • uralensis Skalon, 1935

Middendorff's vole (Alexandromys middendorffi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is found only in Russia, most commonly north Siberia.[1]

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.[3]

This vole, along with Stenocranius gregalis, is one of the primary preys of the Arctic fox on the Yamal Peninsula.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Tsytsulina, K.; Formozov, N.; Sheftel, B. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Microtus middendorffii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T13444A115113294. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T13444A22345757.en.
  2. ^ a b "Alexandromys middendorffi". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
  3. ^ "Microtus middendorffii". Animal Diversity Web. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  4. ^ Terekhina, Alexandra (2021). "The context of an emerging predation problem: Nenets reindeer herders and Arctic foxes in Yamal". European Journal of Wildlife Research: 4.
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