Taiwan vole

Taiwan vole
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Alexandromys
Species:
A. kikuchii
Binomial name
Alexandromys kikuchii
(Kuroda, 1920)
Synonyms[1]
  • Microtus kikuchii Kuroda, 1920
  • Volemys kikuchii (Kuroda, 1920)

The Taiwan vole (Alexandromys kikuchii)[2][3] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, It is an endemic species of Taiwan. This species is herbivorous with a preference for the Yushan cane.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Kennerley, R. (2017). "Microtus kikuchii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T23042A22349540. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T23042A22349540.en.
  2. ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Superfamily Muroidea. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. ISBN 0801882214.
  3. ^ Kryštufek, B. (2020). "Lin, L.-K., Oshida, T. and Motokawa, M. (2020). Mammals of Taiwan. Volume 2. Rodentia. Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan. 165 pp". Journal of Animal Diversity. 2 (3): 1–4. doi:10.29252/JAD.2020.2.3.1. S2CID 225188019.
  4. ^ Yeh, S.H.; Hsu, J.T.; Lin, Y.K. (2012). "Taiwan field vole (Microtus kikuchii) herbivory facilitates Yushan cane (Yushania niitakayamensis) asexual reproduction in alpine meadows". Journal of Mammalogy. 93 (5): 1265–1272. doi:10.1644/11-MAMM-A-309.1. S2CID 84636731.