Central Kashmir vole

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Central Kashmir vole
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Alticola
Species:
A. montosus
Binomial name
Alticola montosus
(True, 1894)

The central Kashmir vole (Alticola montosus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. In addition to Kashmir, it is found in India and Pakistan. [2]

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References

  1. Molur, S. & Nameer, P.O. (2008). "Alticola montosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  2. "Alticola montosus". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. 1.11. American Society of Mammalogists.