Pitymys ciscaucasicus (Ognev, 1924)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Cricetidae
- genus
- Microtus
- species
- Microtus majori
discussion
COMMENT: Subgenus probably Meridiopitymys; see Chaline, 1974; regarded by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951, as a synonym of subterraneus, and by Corbet, 1978: 109, of majori; Kratochvil and Kral, 1974, Zool. Listy, 23: 289 - 302, provided evidence of specific distinctness.
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: N. Caucasus Mtns. (U. S. S. R.).
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: U. S. S. R., Gruzinsk. S. S. R. (Georgia), near Vladikavkaz (^ Ordzhonikidze).
Name
- Homonyms
- Pitymys ciscaucasicus (Ognev, 1924)