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 Microtus (Microtus) paradoxus Ognev and Heptner 1928 Microtus (Microtus) paradoxus Ognev and Heptner 1928 , Zool. Anz., 75: 263 . Type Locality: S Turkmenistan , Kopet Dag Mtns, Chuli, near Ashkhabad. Vernacular Names: Paradox Vole . Distribution: Kopet Dag Mtns, S Turkmenistan , and mountains of NE Iran in N Khorassan Prov. (near Dasht, Gowadoh, Dergematie, Kaur, and Gorgan; series in AMNH and USNM ; Kryštufek and Kefelioğlu, 2002); may also occur in N Afghanistan , identified as M. guentheri ( Hassinger, 1973 ) , but the two cited specimens need to be reexamined.