Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 955 1189 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Dinaromys bogdanovi (Martino 1922) [Dolomvs] grebenscikovi Martino 1922 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 9: 413 . Type Locality: W Serbia and Montenegro , Rijeka Prov., Montenegro , Cetinje. Vernacular Names: Balkan Snow Vole . Synonyms: Dinaromys coeruleus Miric 1960 ; Dinaromys grebenscikovi (Martino 1935) ; Dinaromys korabensis ( Martino 1937 ) ; Dinaromys longipedis Dulic and Vidimic 1967 ; Dinaromys marakovici (Bolkay 1924) ; Dinaromys preniensis ( Martino 1940 ) ; Dinaromys trebevicensis Gligic 1959 . Distribution: Isolated pockets in karst mountains, sea level to 2200 m , of W Balkans—Dinaric Alps in Croatia , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Montenegro and Kosovo ; and the Šara-Pindus Mtns of Macedonia ; probably occurs in Albania and Greece . Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). Discussion: Petrov (1992) and Mitchell-Jones et al. (1999) provided informative reviews. Zoogeographic aspects discussed by Petrov (1979) ; distribution in Montenegro and its zoological significance reported by Kryštufek and Vohralík (1992). Chromosomal data presented by Zima and Kral (1984 a ) and Zima et al. (1997 a ) . Eight subspecies have been recognized, forming two groups that are distinguished by M1 patterns and genetic divergence ( Mitchell-Jones et al., 1999 ); Kryštufek et al. (2000 b ) provided information on age determination and molar structure. The extant species is closely related to two Pleistocene species— D. dalmatinus from N Italy , Serbia and Montenegro , and S Greece ( Petrov and Todorovic, 1982 ) and D. topachevskii from Uzbekistan ( Nesin and Skorik, 1989 )—and to the late Pliocene D. allegranzii from NE Italy ( Sala, 1996 ). Middle Pleistocene fossils of D. bogdanovi in N Italy ( Zanalda, 1994 ) underscore the relictual character of the modern range.