Pitymys majori (Thomas, 1906)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Thomas (1906): Pitymys majori. Ann . Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7 17
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Cricetidae
- genus
- Microtus
- species
- Microtus majori
discussion
COMMENT: Subgenus Meridiopitymys; see Chaline, 1974; Corbet, 1978: 109, included ciscaucasicus and daghestanicus, for which Kratochvil and Kral, 1974, Zool. Listy, 23: 289 - 302, provided evidence of specific distinctness; see also Felten et al., 1971, Senckenberg. Biol., 52 (6): 393 - 424. Includes nasarovi, which may be a distinct species; see Tembotov et al., 1976, Nalchik, pp. 3 - 35. Six different karyotypic forms have been found in the Caucasus ranges (see Hatuhov and Tembotov, 1978: 390, in II Congr. Theriol. Intern. (Brno), Obrtel, Folk, and Pellantova, eds., Inst. Vert. Zool., Czech. Acad. Sci., Brno, and Khatukhov (= Hatuhov), 1980: 382, in [Rodents. Materials of the All-Union Conf.], Panteleev, ed., Nauka, Moscow, 471 pp.). Ketenchiev, 1980: 21, in [Rodents. Materials of the All-Union Conf.], Panteleev, ed., Nauka, Moscow, 471 pp., suggested that all may constitute a single, chromosomally polymorphic, species. See Petrov and Zivkovic, 1979, Biosystematika, 5 (1): 1 13 - 125, for alternative discussion of distribution.
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: N., E., and W. Turkey; W. Caucasus; S. Yugoslavia (GS).
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: Turkey, Trabzon Prov., Sumela (= Meryemana), 30 mi. (48 km) S. of Trebizond (= Trabzon).
Name
- Homonyms
- Pitymys majori (Thomas, 1906)