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Mongolian silver vole

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Mongolian silver vole
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Alticola
Species:
A. semicanus
Binomial name
Alticola semicanus
(G. M. Allen, 1924)
Synonyms

Alticola alleni
Microtus worthingtoni semicanus

The Mongolian silver vole (Alticola semicanus), also called the Mongolian mountain vole, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found mostly in Mongolia and small parts of southern Russia and northeastern China.[2] In general, they are not crepuscular.[3]

References

  1. ^ Batsaikhan, N.; Tinnin, D.; Shar, S.; Avirmed, D. & Usukhjargal, D. (2008). "Alticola semicanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  2. ^ Kryštufek, Boris; Shenbrot, Georgy I. (July 2022). Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaerctic Region (1 ed.). Maribor, Slovenia: University of Maribor Press. p. 91. ISBN 978-961-286-611-2.
  3. ^ Augugliaro, Claudio; Anile, Stefano; Munkhtsog, Bariushaa; Janchivlamdan, Choikhand; Batzorig, Enkhzorig; Mazzon, Ivan; Nielsen, Clayton (2022-09-03). "Activity overlap between mesocarnivores and prey in the Central Mongolian steppe". Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 34 (5): 514–530. doi:10.1080/03949370.2021.1975312. ISSN 0394-9370.
  • Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005), "Superfamily Muroidea", in Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 894–1531, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4