Microtus kermanensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Arvicolinae
Genus: Microtus
Species: Microtus kermanensis

Name

Microtus kermanensis Roguin, 1988: 601

• Holotype: MHNG 1686.84, subadult ♀, skin and skull, collected by M. Desfayes and J.-C. Praz on 18 May 1975.
• Type locality: “Zahrud-e Baia, 70 km au sud de Kerman, 2700 m, versant nord du Kuh-e Hazar. Coordonnées: 29°33' N-57°19' E, province de Kerman, Iran”.

Native distribution areas

• Iran (Kerman province).

References

Primary references

• Roguin, L. de 1988. Notes sur quelques mammifères du Baluchistan iranien (In French). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 95(2): 595–606. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Golenishchev, F.N., Malikov, V.G., Bulatova, N.Sh., Vazari, A.Sh. & Nazari, F. 2000. Some new data on morphology and karyology of Microtus kermanensis (Rodentia, Arvcolinae) and supposed phylogeographic history of the "Aravaloid" voles. pp. 34–36 In: Agadjanian, A.K. & Orlov, V.N. (eds). Systematics and Phylogeny of the Rodents and Lagomorphs. Russian Academy of Sciences: Moscow.

Links

• Kennerley, R. & Shenbrot, G. 2016. IUCN: Microtus kermanensis  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T13437A91356777. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T13437A91356777.en

Vernacular names

English: Baluchistan Vole