Order Rodentia (Part 4) Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 477 504 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353034 4170533d-8435-4cb4-93df-e7f9489eb798 0-89327-235-3 7353034 Microtus kirgisorum (Ognev, 1950) . [ Mamm. U.S. S. R., Adjac. Count.], Acad. Sci. Moscow, vol. 7, p. 181 . TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R ., Kazakh. S.S. R ., Dzhambulsk. Obi., Kirgizsk. (=Aleksandrovsk.) Ridge, Tuyuk Valley . DISTRIBUTION: S. Kazakhstan , Kirgiziya, Tadzhikistan , and S.E. Turkmenia ( U.S. S. R.); probably N. Afghanistan . COMMENT: Subgenus Microtus ; see Ognev, 1950 . Considered a synonym of ilaeus, (= M. arvalis ilaeus ) by Corbet, 1978:114, and Malygin and Deulin, 1979, Zool. Zh., 58:731-741; but Meier and Yatsenko, 1980, Zool. Zh., 59(2):283-288, provided evidence of specific distinctness and validity of the name. See also comment under arvalis .