Murree vole

Murree vole
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Arvicolinae
Genus:	Hyperacrius
Species:	H. wynnei
Binomial name
Hyperacrius wynnei (Blanford, 1881)

The Murree vole (Hyperacrius wynnei) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the Himalayas in Pakistan and India. ^[1] It was named by William Thomas Blanford after its collector, geologist Arthur Beavor Wynne.

Distribution

It is confined to the Himalayas of northern India and Pakistan ^[1] (including Murree Hills, Kaghan Valley and Swat Valley ^[2] ).

References

1. Cassola, F. (2019). "Hyperacrius wynnei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T10643A22353157. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T10643A22353157.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Roberts, T.J., "Field Guide to the small mammals of Pakistan" Karachi:Oxford University Press, 2005 p. 257.

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.