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 Lagurus lagurus (Pallas 1773) [Mus] lagurus Pallas 1773 , Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs, Vol. 2: 704 . Type Locality: Kazakhstan , mouth of Ural River. Vernacular Names: Steppe Vole . Synonyms: Lagurus abacanicus Serebrennikov 1929 ; Lagurus agressus Serebrennikov 1929 ; Lagurus altorum Thomas 1912 ; Lagurus major Zazhigin, in Gromov and Polyakov 1977 ; Lagurus migratorius Gloger 1841 ; Lagurus occidentalis Migulin 1938 ; Lagurus saturatus Ognev 1950 . Distribution: Steppes, mountains, and northern deserts from Ukraine through Kazakhstan to W Altai steppes of S Russia , adjacent W Mongolia , and NW China ( NW Xinjiang ; Zhang et al., 1997 ). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Morphology, geographic range, and phylogenetic history described by Gromov and Polyakov (1977) and Pavlinov et al. (1995 a ) . Chromosomal data reviewed by Zima and Kral (1984 a ) . Using geometric morphometry, Courant et al. (1997) noted cranial shape convergence between L. lagurus and lemmings ( Lemmus and Dicrostonyx ) and discussed ecological parallels between these two groups. Although the present range of L. lagurus does not extend west of Ukraine , the species occurred in Europe and S England during the last interglacial and glacial cycle ( Kowalski, 1967 ; Sutcliffe and Kowalski, 1976 ).