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<emphasis id="36D9E746152020E7513F19025C95A96F" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">Microtus (Microtus) irani</emphasis>
Thomas 1921
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<taxonomicName id="1EAF93C0037911D4949735B69F4514DC" ID-CoL="7VV7V" authority="Thomas 1921" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1921" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1001" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="irani" subGenus="Microtus">
<emphasis id="A3315033E9E2F74F1301FC6F242B2095" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">Microtus (Microtus) irani</emphasis>
Thomas 1921
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,
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J.
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Nat. Hist. Soc., 27: 580
</bibCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="E5F9FF7735F8E6EE44A639B032F50ACD" pageNumber="1001">
<emphasis id="2569CCCDF750D4B89A9D599DA5F99F51" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1001">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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WC
<collectingCountry id="13BFE1057EF2BDB103035D2DC4DFED20" name="Iran">Iran</collectingCountry>
, NW
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Prov, Shiraz,
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(see Kryštufek and Kefelioğlu, 2002).
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="E7FD730C4E228D61A080B8B85936B4DF" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1001">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="C93FAE81A774FAC047097DA1EDCB3463" language="eng" pageNumber="1001">Iranian Vole</vernacularName>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="DE2BF6B9EE8F3071AFE55781228194AD" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1001">Distribution:</emphasis>
Recorded only from the type locality.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1E2055B1940D5E362028A278FAD5BEA2" pageNumber="1001">
<emphasis id="F407BC4F202A03E71A3ED9DF6E788E6E" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1001">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="E91A22762F299D89AA6D19F1874A9EAA">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="55C9884D61B43E89E3015095D6F92F85" pageNumber="1001" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="CE7CC460012310B6BA48FDC86647ACE6" pageNumber="1001">
<emphasis id="666CD005EABF5C4B2B1DEF08A9985D2E" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1001">Discussion:</emphasis>
<paragraph id="27909496F22199A16401FA5FDCE67D8E" pageNumber="1001">
Subgenus
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<emphasis id="38D4EC175273CE006BB9BB3941442168" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">Microtus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="16B5B1D6F14AAE8650576AFC982ABD80" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">socialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group (
<bibRefCitation id="93796F2C2CB0951B4201E5000603507D" 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>
). Most closely related to
<taxonomicName id="7E96472E3924F5FC47CF00C899642782" authorityName="Ognev and Heptner" authorityYear="1928" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paradoxus">
<emphasis id="F0161055644289FEB27CB54663D9D6CC" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">M. paradoxus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="E298BD90CE2F14E84652F6C52A210F81" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1773" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="socialis">
<emphasis id="7657E31DDBBBA9689AFADF359377864A" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">M. socialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="39D5545DA0611733B37F0D15E6BE8C46" authorityName="Danford and Alston" authorityYear="1880" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guentheri">
<emphasis id="80046E6A3F56541D5D4C7824CF8C9467" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">M. guentheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Described by
<bibRefCitation id="C9DD5DC827683120FFFB77FFE6724CC8" author="Thomas, O." refId="ref354889" refString="Thomas, O. 1921 h. Microtus irani. Pp. 580 - 581, in Report on a collection of mammals made by Col. J. E. B. Hotson in Shiraz, Persia (R. E. Cheesman, author). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 27 (3): 573 - 581." year="1921">
Thomas (1921
<emphasis id="B5A141DEFB2089D9659851C2B1FAE7E3" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">h</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
as a species known only from Shiraz, as recognized by
<bibRefCitation id="B8D8D8A8358817CEAE11FEF988BB0DA7" author="Ellerman, J. R. &amp; T. C. S. Morrison-Scott" refId="ref93180" refString="Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp." year="1951">Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951)</bibRefCitation>
, but included in
<taxonomicName id="DA03E30EBE5205E18FCACA49D293FA66" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1773" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="socialis">
<emphasis id="207AD693367CD2133529AC7ED296E537" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">M. socialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="48A4B2FC67BB281F43050E00A4B19F97" author="Ellerman, J. R." refId="ref92857" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp." year="1941">Ellerman (1941)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="663F656F0271AFDE0D08E0A84E643BE7" author="Corbet, G. B." refId="ref67548" refString="Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp." year="1978">
Corbet (1978
<emphasis id="DB7A5C53703735747C975C93B80724F0" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">c</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
, and
<bibRefCitation id="CF8AAC37263CEC423E9BF77F44F9A1D9" author="Harrison, D. L. &amp; P. J. J. Bates" refId="ref141262" refString="Harrison, D. L., and P. J. J. Bates. 1991. The mammals of Arabia, Second ed. Harrison Zoological Museum, Sevenoaks, United Kingdom, 354 pp." year="1991">Harrison and Bates (1991)</bibRefCitation>
. Although
<bibRefCitation id="E5C9D0E0E08EFD7DACD396AB57520E5C" author="Kock, D. &amp; F. Malec &amp; G. Storch" refId="ref190675" refString="Kock, D., F. Malec, and G. Storch. 1972. Rezente und subfossile kleinsauger aus dem Vilayet Elazig, Ostanatolien. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 37: 204 - 229." year="1972">Kock et al. (1972)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="EB9AD46DCD548AD42330BAF0EB17F1AB" author="Nader, I. A. &amp; D. Kock &amp; A. - K. Al-Khalili" refId="ref254969" refString="Nader, I. A., D. Kock, and A. - K. Al-Khalili. 1983. Eliomys melanurus (Wagner 1839) and Praomys fumatus (Peters 1878) from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 63 (5 - 6): 313 - 324." year="1983">Kock and Nader (1983)</bibRefCitation>
reaffirmed the species integrity of
<taxonomicName id="02130026239F58EEC57F0083ED5EBF9F" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1921" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="irani">
<emphasis id="565D34C5C573934F370D2B466A86987E" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">M. irani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, they uncritically expanded its geographic range to extend from
<collectingCountry id="5D6D5741A9B74D115509C3B537F04A2A" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
to W
<collectingCountry id="52C6AB12C6DB4112DEDCFEE89C8A3540" name="Iran">Iran</collectingCountry>
, a definition later perpetuated by others (
<bibRefCitation id="DDC98397BCD98454D4690792E6638FB1" author="Pavlinov, I. Ya. &amp; O. L. Rossolimo" refId="ref277815" refString="Pavlinov, I. Ya., and O. L. Rossolimo. 1987. Sistematika mlekopitayushchikh SSSR [Systematics of the mammals of the USSR.]. Moscow University Press, Moscow, 282 pp. (in Russian)." year="1987">Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1987</bibRefCitation>
, 1998;
<bibRefCitation id="E020740675F1D83D4DC0912C263FB623" 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>
;
<bibRefCitation id="C2A6BFF5A0B8BD5A4D90A7742A5862D0" 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>
). Kryštufek and Kefelioğlu (2002), however, documented
<taxonomicName id="62F0190F14FB3715E64A1593DEA8F080" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1773" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="socialis">
<emphasis id="93D5CEC57B2F0A69E65BDF199CA3CE64" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">M. socialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
proper as extending south into W
<collectingCountry id="BE5102AD284781F2BA013683F72CAD1C" name="Iran">Iran</collectingCountry>
, along the Zagros Mtns to a locality
<quantity id="5EB5853F40515DA6B8FFFE2BF8644D85" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.8" unit="km" value="38.0">38 km</quantity>
west of Shiraz, where samples maintain an identity markedly unlike the type series of
<taxonomicName id="C17BCBF8E5F779729BBFB513FB923CB8" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1921" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="irani">
<emphasis id="8B6BEF54BCA9197693D024FA1C3887E2" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">irani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="4326F2B2DC35679BC98DC205751B530D" author="Nader, I. A. &amp; D. Kock &amp; A. - K. Al-Khalili" refId="ref254969" refString="Nader, I. A., D. Kock, and A. - K. Al-Khalili. 1983. Eliomys melanurus (Wagner 1839) and Praomys fumatus (Peters 1878) from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 63 (5 - 6): 313 - 324." year="1983">Kock and Nader (1983)</bibRefCitation>
also considered most records of
<taxonomicName id="94C98AFAB1756FE7BE8102CB0C075F64" authorityName="Danford and Alston" authorityYear="1880" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guentheri">
<emphasis id="6038F8C0E2F1711E06060BC684243B66" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">M. guentheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="98BCDC81241E0E7E52A4A233DB61F4A9" name="Syria">Syria</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="A0F222B62A9F1C794611419D36C18603" name="Lebanon">Lebanon</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="BFDA66A9ABB022254BD275CFCD063E4F" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
to be
<taxonomicName id="FE70C7F435D96872CAEC604C433F5684" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1921" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="irani">
<emphasis id="6DC36BFD044B2E6AB011E298F56F706C" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">M. irani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and that
<taxonomicName id="C1F6CAFE7AFC9F34153B16E045B0E20E" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1917" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="philistinus">
<emphasis id="4490B344FC4B59E83AC811BEF5041A9D" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">philistinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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Thomas, 1917
<emphasis id="9040407797C614EF2D1CF55069133B50" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">d</emphasis>
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; type locality, Ekron, SE Jaffa,
<collectingCountry id="04C3C1029C858E9E75A5D95999BEE9C3" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
) may be an older name;
<bibRefCitation id="43D5D1CFC01DE9F07C26D3E6502195B9" 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>
retained Kock and Naders (1983) distributional range but used
<taxonomicName id="A4CC1E86EC3D73BE535A527FD835359E" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1917" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="philistinus">
<emphasis id="89452CE611FFD3D224A5D7C017CD19C0" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">philistinus</emphasis>
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0489D3669AAB60DD43E1E9E1F7125390" pageNumber="1001">
In their revision of the
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<emphasis id="6B9050E32EB7297DF7CF7D3B1330E084" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">socialis</emphasis>
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species group in the Near East, Kryštufek and Kefelioğlu (2002) defined the morphological and distributional limits of true
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<emphasis id="E7ED72D1A7EE83E5FAE2D4ACD0E8E572" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">M. socialis</emphasis>
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(see that account), identified a second group of &quot;non
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<emphasis id="D51B5E2F89DA310F877496A2D53BDBDC" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">socialis</emphasis>
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&quot; voles in
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(later identified as
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<emphasis id="1C052500BC935BF1002E4B80EBC724C3" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">M. guentheri</emphasis>
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fide Kryštufek, in litt., 2002; see above account), and excluded
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<emphasis id="73DF936A1849BC3CF11C59EBDAB49688" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">irani</emphasis>
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from both. Kryštufek and Kefelioğlu (2002) redescribed
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<emphasis id="A410B8D75EBC50103059A2143168F6FD" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">M. irani</emphasis>
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based on the
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and three original topotypes (
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Thomas, 1921
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, had recorded six in his type series, but they located only four in the
<collectionCode id="C54E915B900CAD05C670977796B94F61">BMNH</collectionCode>
), contrasted the species with the &quot;non
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<emphasis id="6022DA9FE215C8FE13817E39C0789E2E" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">socialis</emphasis>
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&quot; group from
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and
<collectingCountry id="3B184F95B3F20B381A28C99CF3A7FDF0" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
, reaffirmed the identity of
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<emphasis id="17AA7144FD88B6A32C096208D3D122A7" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">philistinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
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<emphasis id="1F053246EAB01238D94A18BC6DB441C6" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">M. guentheri</emphasis>
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and its separation from
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<emphasis id="1CD26ADAD282A84E6D77D1C986D8FA67" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">M. irani</emphasis>
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, and regarded the latter as &quot;an independent species, known solely from its type locality.&quot; The phylogenetic alliance of
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<emphasis id="3FF0D0138F36F0A99CEDBFFEF6A07228" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">M. irani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to other members of the
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<emphasis id="3911E8F183CE330F338DFBB50DC77C8A" italics="true" pageNumber="1001">M. socialis</emphasis>
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group needs reevaluation, using a larger sample from the type locality and accessing chromosomal and molecular data
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.
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