Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Microtus clarkei
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1966-07-01 / 1966-07-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946, 2nd edition
Page(s):
810
Publisher:
Alden Press
Publication Place:
Oxford, England
ISBN/ISSN:
0565004484/
Notes:
Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8727652
Reference for:
Microtus clarkei
Microtus clarkei: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Southern Asia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Microtus clarkei: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (nt) as Volemys clarkei
Comment:
Comments: Subgenus Alexandromys. Placed in Volemys by Zagorodnyuk (1990) as the only member of the clarkei species group, an arrangement followed by Musser and Carleton (1993) and Pavlinov et al. (1995a). Hinton (1923), however, compared M. clarkei with M. calamorum, now a synonym of M. fortis, and thought the two to be closely related, an alliance also implied by G. M. Allen (1940). Specimen examination leads us to concur: molar patterns are very similar in M. clarkei and M. fortis (see illustration...