Günther's Vole

Günther's Vole
A Günther's Vole near Bismil, southeastern Turkey
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Microtus
Subgenus:	Microtus
Species:	M. guentheri
Binomial name
Microtus guentheri (Danford & Alston, 1880)
Synonyms
mustersi Ranck, 1968

Günther's Vole (Microtus guentheri) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Bulgaria, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Syria, Turkey, and Libya. In Libya, its natural habitats are temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and arable land.

References

1. ^ Amr, Z., Shenbrot, G., Hutterer, R., Amori, G., Kryštufek, B., Yigit, N., Mitsain, G. & Muñoz, L.J.P. (2008). Microtus guentheri. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 15 June 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.

• 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.
• Schlitter, D. 2004. Microtus mustersi. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.