Schelkovnikov's Pine Vole

Schelkovnikov's Pine Vole
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Microtus
Subgenus:	Hyrcanicola Nadachowski, 2007
Species:	M. schelkovnikovi
Binomial name
Microtus schelkovnikovi (Satunin, 1907)

Schelkovnikov's Pine Vole (Microtus schelkovnikovi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Azerbaijan and Iran. It has recently been considered the sole species in the subgenus Hyrcanicola.

References

1. ^ Shenbrot, G. & Kryštufek, B. (2008). Microtus schelkovnikovi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 June 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of near threatened.

• 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.
• Nadachowski, A. 2007. The taxonomic status of Schelkovnikov's Pine Vole Microtus schelkovnikovi (Rodentia, Mammalia). Acta zoologica cracoviensia 50A(1-2):67-72.