Guatemalan Vole

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Short description: Species of rodent

Guatemalan vole
Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Microtus
Subgenus: Pitymys
Species:
M. guatemalensis
Binomial name
Microtus guatemalensis
Merriam, 1898

The Guatemalan vole (Microtus guatemalensis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico, in montane pine-oak forest and meadow at elevations between 2600 and 3100 m above sea level.[1] It is terrestrial and probably diurnal or crepuscular.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matson, J. (2020). "Microtus guatemalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T13432A22350117. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T13432A22350117.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13432/22350117. Retrieved 15 November 2021. 
  • Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 999. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000265. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1761930 entry




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