Guatemalan vole
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Species of rodent
| Guatemalan vole | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Microtus |
| Subgenus: | Pitymys |
| Species: | M. guatemalensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Microtus guatemalensis Merriam, 1898
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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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