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 (Terricola) savii de Selys-Longchamps 1838 Microtus (Terricola) savii de Selys-Longchamps 1838 , Rev. Zool. Paris: 248 . Type Locality: Italy , near Pisa. Vernacular Names: Savi's Pine Vole . Synonyms: Microtus (Terricola) nebrodensis Mina-Palumbo 1868 ; Microtus (Terricola) niethammericus Contoli 2003 ; Microtus (Terricola) selysii (Gerbe 1852) ; Microtus (Terricola) tolfetanus Contoli 2003 . Distribution: Italian peninsula (except NE and Calabrian Peninsulan in the south) and Sicily ( Amori et al., 1999 ; Cerone and Aloise, 1994 ; Cresti et al., 1994 ; Paolucci et al., 1993 ), South Tessin in S Switzerland ( Hausser, 1995 ), and marginally in SE France ; thought to occur on Elba but that record is unconfirmed; sea level to 2000 m ( Cheylan, 1991 ). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Subgenus Terricola , savii species group (Chaline et al., 1988; Zagorodnyuk, 1990 ). Revised by Contoli (2003) and Krapp and Winking (1976) and reviewed by Corbet (1978 c , 1984 ), Krapp (1982 c ) , and Mitchell Jones et al. (1999) . Chromosomal data consolidated by Zima and Kral (1984 a ) ; karyology of Italian samples documented by Galleni et al. (1992 , 1994 , 1998 ). Closely related to the living M. brachycercus on the Calabrian Peninsula (see species account) and two extinct species: M. henseli from Sardinia and Corsica ( Brunet-Lecomte and Chaline, 1991 ; Krapp, 1982 c ) and M. melitensis from Malta ( Brunet-Lecomte and Chaline, 1991 ; Burgio and Kotsakis, 1986 ).