Forrest's mountain vole [1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
Genus: | Neodon |
Species: | N. forresti |
Binomial name | |
Neodon forresti Hinton, 1923 | |
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