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<emphasis id="736FF1AB61682387CAAED0A08868429D" italics="true" pageNumber="995">Microtus (Alexandromys) clarkei</emphasis>
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="EC36819024C30B7FD2D0F377E809D3EA" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="995">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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,
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, divide between the Kuikiang and Salween Rivers,
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(
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.
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<emphasis id="BF01314C1F767A2DF1999BDBA71D5821" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="995">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="1613176F2ABFA05C629B52A612DE6E26" language="eng" pageNumber="995">Clarke's Vole</vernacularName>
.
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<emphasis id="D801FE0C951044BBCDE41677742E4CAD" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="995">Distribution:</emphasis>
High mountains, ca.
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, of W and S
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(G. M. Allen, 1940;
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), SE
<collectingRegion id="98DCAC7F9CB6EFE40715354D43BF57BD" country="China" name="Xizang">Xizang</collectingRegion>
(
<bibRefCitation id="50E9B42EC4A2A44342D91815F7FB2E6B" author="Feng Zuo-jiang &amp; Cai Gui-quan &amp; Zheng Chang-lin" refId="ref100132" refString="Feng Zuo-jiang, Cai Gui-quan, and Zheng Chang-lin. 1986. [The mammals of Xizang. The comprehensive scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau]. Science Press, Academia Sinica, Beijing, 423 pp. (in Chinese)." year="1986">Feng et al., 1986</bibRefCitation>
, as
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<emphasis id="28CC87B1A17883F01B6139B8DBC44007" italics="true" pageNumber="995">M. millicens</emphasis>
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), SE
<collectingRegion id="5AB1576ACB372E00AF684641FDFDCD96" country="China" name="Xizang">Tibet</collectingRegion>
(
<collectingCountry id="1E1353D5C1C7866CB07D991B32FE7A70" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
) and N
<collectingCountry id="6E6F3063759525EABEB4C10BDD801EBD" name="Myanmar">Burma</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="F25F0E27A20FA7A6AAA8BC4218169786" author="Ellerman, J. R." refId="ref93118" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1961. Rodentia. Volume 3, in The fauna of India including Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon. Mammalia. Second ed. Manager of Publications, Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, vol. 3 (in 2 parts), 1: 1 - 482; 2: 483 - 884." year="1961">Ellerman, 1961</bibRefCitation>
; also
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40960-40963).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="43291118340EE4A5569496CA88064868" pageNumber="995" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="CDBE40E68BEA7208522E0E60ADEF61BE" pageNumber="995">
<emphasis id="CCAF40E414F503712366F4669C9359F5" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="995">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="C11DD732272F4FD68FCFD5455638A77F">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (nt) as
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<emphasis id="EEE3E6E59AF706E5A663AC0BF8DE2F43" italics="true" pageNumber="995">Volemys clarkei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="9292B2785A915FAE8F324B40D8E60D7D" pageNumber="995" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="9EA86289C516093E2BEED17ABFE6244A" pageNumber="995">
<emphasis id="AED36160C64F3BE121176CB5DA183158" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="995">Discussion:</emphasis>
Subgenus
<taxonomicName id="7A0BC39BF0AEE7E4439D797576128736" authorityName="Ognev" authorityYear="1914" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Alexandromys">
<emphasis id="384EE8A45DA545E9D53FDF12BDE622E6" italics="true" pageNumber="995">Alexandromys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Placed in
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<emphasis id="3DAF8A4D663C295BF58A568D6654A845" italics="true" pageNumber="995">Volemys</emphasis>
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by
<bibRefCitation id="F59CE7F591ACFA36AD01AC92BF4D8188" author="Zagorodnyuk, I. V." refId="ref402957" refString="Zagorodnyuk, I. V. 1990. Kariotipicheskaya izmenchivost' i sistematika serykh polevok (Rodentia, Arvicolini). Soobshchenie 1. Vidovoi sostav i khromosomnye chisla [Karyotypic variability and systematics of the gray voles (Rodentia, Arvicolini). Communication 1. Species composition and chromosomal numbers]. Vestnik Zoologii, 2: 26 - 37 (in Russian)." year="1990">Zagorodnyuk (1990)</bibRefCitation>
as the only member of the
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<emphasis id="E066BEB57BF7535678B0EF97107ADF19" italics="true" pageNumber="995">clarkei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group, an arrangement followed by
<bibRefCitation id="B0B6EB425E14F93B3EE581CE4F0C27D3" author="Musser, G. G. &amp; M. D. Carleton" refId="ref252333" refString="Musser, G. G., and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501 - 755, in: Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., xviii + 1206 pp." year="1993">Musser and Carleton (1993)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="BEFA699CC76856E8554BBD9ECFD93E86" author="Pavlinov, I. Ya &amp; E. L. Yakhontov &amp; A. K. Agadzhanyan" refId="ref278176" refString="Pavlinov, I. Ya, E. L. Yakhontov, and A. K. Agadzhanyan. 1995 a. [Mammals of Eurasia. I. Rodentia. Taxonomic and geographic guide.] Archives of the Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, 32: 289 pp. (in Russian)." year="1995">
Pavlinov et al. (1995
<emphasis id="9E973324056E6F9ECA67AAAD247A8D89" italics="true" pageNumber="995">a</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
.
<bibRefCitation id="A4F4DEA5AD2F4512DB0109A60AE5D8D1" author="Hinton, M. A. C." refId="ref153971" refString="Hinton, M. A. C. 1923. On the voles collected by Mr. G. Forrest in Yunnan; with remarks upon the genera Eothenomys and Neodon and upon their allies. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, 11: 145 - 162." year="1923">Hinton (1923)</bibRefCitation>
, however, compared
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<emphasis id="548ED7938D5070225580D418585482AC" italics="true" pageNumber="995">M. clarkei</emphasis>
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with
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<emphasis id="28F1157EBFC75D58770ABC82C96BC7CF" italics="true" pageNumber="995">M. calamorum</emphasis>
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, now a synonym of
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<emphasis id="636F2D0392BD69BF014C2812DFB94669" italics="true" pageNumber="995">M. fortis</emphasis>
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, and thought the two to be closely related, an alliance also implied by G. M. Allen (1940). Specimen examination leads us to concur: molar patterns are very similar in
<taxonomicName id="9EA2063C27D8E03CFADC4C3E7899FE97" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1923" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Volemys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="clarkei">
<emphasis id="CD9870A05A2A0FF7D96C091D6BF367E9" italics="true" pageNumber="995">M. clarkei</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="A606FB52CBD3B82AE70CF2C6981FFD9D" italics="true" pageNumber="995">M. fortis</emphasis>
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(see illustrations in
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), as are general skull conformation and body and tail proportions. In contrast to species of
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<emphasis id="5E2587EB40067EC881402F00F05F7063" italics="true" pageNumber="995">Volemys</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="532743D6CF533BBCC0948AC7FFF3D0F4" italics="true" pageNumber="995">M. clarkei</emphasis>
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lacks a low, smooth cranium, has smaller auditory bullae, and possesses M1-2 and m1-2 occlusal patterns like those of most other
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<emphasis id="72F9D2B3474AD6B1A217BAA5BCB2E2E1" italics="true" pageNumber="995">Microtus</emphasis>
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, not the configurations unique to
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<emphasis id="464D3B6652B14A08B399B0B34180A5A7" italics="true" pageNumber="995">Volemys</emphasis>
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(see that account). Although morphologically close to
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<emphasis id="2908229B9BC67380158A5CB8267F3060" italics="true" pageNumber="995">M. fortis</emphasis>
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, both Hintons (1923) and G. M. Allens (1940) comparisons indicate that
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<emphasis id="92A989CC217FF6D6FB3D16271BFCEE03" italics="true" pageNumber="995">M. clarkei</emphasis>
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is a separate species. Their typical ecological associations are distinctive and geographic ranges allopatric:
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<emphasis id="3073455672DF03C476645F004B64693B" italics="true" pageNumber="995">M. clarkei</emphasis>
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in coniferous forests and alpine meadows in the high mountains of W Yunnan, N
<collectingCountry id="BC8EF5C83FE7E7A7490857B661E84BEA" name="Myanmar">Burma</collectingCountry>
, and SE Tibet;
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<emphasis id="3B797F2105BDC628471AC5E867B5E039" italics="true" pageNumber="995">M. fortis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
along lowland lake shores and riverbanks, its closest occurrence in C Guizhou (
<bibRefCitation id="E3152D58B04ED366440A0C2270B7C82E" author="Zhang, Y. &amp; S. Jin &amp; G. Quan &amp; S. Li &amp; Z. Ye &amp; F. Wang &amp; M. Zhang" refId="ref405616" refString="Zhang, Y., S. Jin, G. Quan, S. Li, Z. Ye, F. Wang, and M. Zhang. 1997. Distribution of mammalian species in China. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 280 pp." year="1997">Zhang et al., 1997:237</bibRefCitation>
, mapped and vouchered localities of the two).
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