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 kikuchii
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 kikuchii
Microtus kikuchii: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Southern Asia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Microtus kikuchii: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Vulnerable as Volemys kikuckii
Comment:
Comments: Subgenus Alexandromys. Zagorodnyuk (1990) listed this species as the only member of the kikuchii species group, genus Volemys, an arrangement followed by Musser and Carleton (1993); treated as a species of Microtus by Corbet and Hill (1992), or listed in Microtus, subgenus Volemys, by Pavlinov et al. (1995a). Contrast in cranial conformation between M. kikuchii and Volemys musseri, as well as their striking coronal dissimilarities, earlier emphasized by Lawrence (1982); Corbet and Hill (199...