Jalapan pine vole

Jalapan pine vole
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Microtus
Subgenus: Pitymys
Species:
M. quasiater
Binomial name
Microtus quasiater
(Coues, 1874)
Synonyms

Pitymys quasiater Coues, 1874 Pitymys pinetorum quasiater Coues, 1874

The Jalapan pine vole (Microtus quasiater) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, found only in Mexico. The scientific name quasiater translates as "almost black", while the common name refers to the city of Jalapa, close to where the first specimen was collected.[2]

  1. ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Lacher, T.; Vázquez, E. (2019). "Microtus quasiater". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T13453A22348115. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T13453A22348115.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Torres-Flores, José Williams; López-Wilchis, Ricardo (August 2018). "Microtus quasiater (Rodentia: Cricetidae)". Mammalian Species. 50 (961): 59–66. doi:10.1093/mspecies/sey009.

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