Radde's vole

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Radde's vole
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Stenocranius
Species:
S. raddei
Binomial name
Stenocranius raddei
(Poljakov, 1881)
Synonyms [1]
  • Lasiopodomys gregalis subsp. raddei(Poljakov, 1881)

Radde's vole (Stenocranius raddei) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. [2] It is found in Russia and Mongolia. [2] It was formerly considered a subspecies of the narrow-headed vole (Stenocranius gregalis). [2] [1] It is named after the Russian botanist Gustav Radde.

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References

  1. 1 2 Batsaikhan, N.; Tsytsulina, K.; Formozov, N.; Sheftel, B. (2008). "Microtus gregalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Stenocranius raddei". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. 1.11. American Society of Mammalogists.