Mongolian silver vole

Mongolian silver vole
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Alticola semicanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T955A115054839. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T955A22342216.en . Retrieved 2 June 2025.
2. Kryštufek, Boris; Shenbrot, Georgy I. (July 2022). Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaerctic Region (1st 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. Bibcode:2022EtEcE..34..514A. 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.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.