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<emphasis id="1546B0B2683BC65B8BA083AA9D1FC280" italics="true" pageNumber="999">Microtus (Microtus) guentheri</emphasis>
Danford and Alston 1880
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<taxonomicName id="F032AD8022DA3F98FBA2DA95426E157E" ID-CoL="7VV7S" authority="Danford and Alston 1880" authorityName="Danford and Alston" authorityYear="1880" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="999" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guentheri" subGenus="Microtus">
<emphasis id="D6884C221B1929C96C9B026B1B5E56CE" italics="true" pageNumber="999">Microtus (Microtus) guentheri</emphasis>
Danford and Alston 1880
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,
<bibCitation id="F136C68E98A97A25A5052E4725BE8D05" author="Danford and Alston" journal="Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond." pageNumber="999" pagination="62" title="Microtus (Microtus) guentheri" volume="1880" year="1880">Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1880: 62</bibCitation>
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.
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<paragraph id="4BE54E346691E13BCAB4A795A71C54A3" pageNumber="999">
<emphasis id="7C250CE70C9F00A8627FB3C36649B2C0" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="999">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="F87E3CAF36153B7A2C660F6E760CEE8F" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
, Maras Prov., Taurus Mtns, near Maras (= Marash).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0C38E5F799984CF686CC74EC256E75BF" pageNumber="999">
<emphasis id="414D38890186A6ABB4F40618E21AEEFC" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="999">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="87A3AC57D38623ACACBAD267B34692D3" language="eng" pageNumber="999">Guenther's Vole</vernacularName>
.
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<paragraph id="035A28E3E89028132A4CA47B96B97432" pageNumber="999">
<emphasis id="E67F412D8C14303F4613703BB0F5AB19" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="999">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E3FF7ACC6EB13F29C9DFD74DA51D56E7" italics="true" pageNumber="999">Microtus (Microtus) ankaraensis</emphasis>
Yigit and Çolak 2002
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="29C2510134952F86546E89A4E06C132A" authority="Barrett-Hamilton 1903" authorityName="Barrett-Hamilton" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="999" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hartingi" subGenus="Microtus">
<emphasis id="0D5633EA359F3A635F62B3E6FBD2E429" italics="true" pageNumber="999">Microtus (Microtus) hartingi</emphasis>
Barrett-Hamilton 1903
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="D7A2CD7A20AD3BE25515A4B4FEC6322E" authority="Blackler 1916" authorityName="Blackler" authorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="999" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lydius" subGenus="Microtus">
<emphasis id="3EA4CFB01B49F65C35A9B653E22FBD93" italics="true" pageNumber="999">Microtus (Microtus) lydius</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="AFC8A4DA0A66A46750484210349C13D4" author="Blackler, W. F. G." refId="ref33270" refString="Blackler, W. F. G. 1916. On a new species of Microtus from Asia Minor. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 17: 426 - 427." year="1916">Blackler 1916</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="A4847CE8C1F9E103CB8D7854521874A3" authority="Kretzoi 1964" authorityName="Kretzoi" authorityYear="1964" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="999" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macedonicus" subGenus="Microtus">
<emphasis id="BF5FCC36FEAD052293C07DC812C3FCD6" italics="true" pageNumber="999">Microtus (Microtus) macedonicus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="68D9FB3D1E681CA4A1796A1E20BCB316" author="Kretzoi, M." refId="ref198193" refString="Kretzoi, M. 1964. Uber einige homonyme und synonyme Saugetiernamen. Vertebrata Hungarica, 6 (1 - 2): 131 - 138." year="1964">Kretzoi 1964</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="1E97F79E68478AEBCF325C7667799C23" authority="Bate 1937" authorityName="Bate" authorityYear="1937" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="999" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="machintoni" subGenus="Microtus">
<emphasis id="29FFFCFDD3791BFC0C1546938E8FFE10" italics="true" pageNumber="999">Microtus (Microtus) machintoni</emphasis>
Bate 1937
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="F8242FFD7D98AC8A34B0CD2F86FCBFDE" authority="Petrov 1939" authorityName="Petrov" authorityYear="1939" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="999" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="martinoi" subGenus="Microtus">
<emphasis id="C5E4844C981553138258D28CD62EDA7C" italics="true" pageNumber="999">Microtus (Microtus) martinoi</emphasis>
Petrov 1939
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="D7FE805749EB15AA074E407E1636E125" authority="Hinton 1926" authorityName="Hinton" authorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="999" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mustersi" subGenus="Microtus">
<emphasis id="6C7E308C1280EC3EACE180ADF41B478B" italics="true" pageNumber="999">Microtus (Microtus) mustersi</emphasis>
Hinton 1926
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="EDC379C2DF2546435F83FF0422B6C996" authority="Thomas 1917" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1917" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="999" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="philistinus" subGenus="Microtus">
<emphasis id="52C42297D5248DCCFA97C8E7E91A9740" italics="true" pageNumber="999">Microtus (Microtus) philistinus</emphasis>
Thomas 1917
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="F3F609A0A269C5EC900A05EA3E11AB3A" authority="Neuhäuser 1936" authorityName="Neuhäuser" authorityYear="1936" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="999" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shevketi" subGenus="Microtus">
<emphasis id="4FE5E1F84C811E770663912C4BCCD6EA" italics="true" pageNumber="999">Microtus (Microtus) shevketi</emphasis>
Neuhäuser 1936
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="BA46D6AC7295E373D6DDB786C31FEC35" authority="Markov 1960" authorityName="Markov" authorityYear="1960" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="999" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="strandzensis" subGenus="Microtus">
<emphasis id="7A43441FD6BFAF5E011A10A02C65492D" italics="true" pageNumber="999">Microtus (Microtus) strandzensis</emphasis>
Markov 1960
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="D32B85B60D1FB21195A8AB14C751EDF3" pageNumber="999" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="33ABCB8D26282117BAFA36138D7CB864" pageNumber="999">
<emphasis id="55FF79376DD03A1BC1C3B7EF33AE978A" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="999">Distribution:</emphasis>
Lowlands and foothills of SE Europe (
<bibRefCitation id="09557FE32B727386C70931FD0F4C0096" author="Niethammer, J." refId="ref260118" refString="Niethammer, J. 1982 e. Microtus guentheri Danford et Alston, 1880 -- Levante-Wuhlmaus. Pp. 331 - 339, in Handbuch der Saugetiere Europas (J. Niethammer and F. Krapp, eds.). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft (Wiesbaden), 2 / I: 1 - 649." year="1982">
Niethammer, 1982
<emphasis id="FDDC63EF6F8170D335A0C699030F5E4E" italics="true" pageNumber="999">e</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
) in S
<collectingCountry id="E5520973308F1FBED4CF832D3DD6D61F" name="Serbia">Serbia</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="3F2B65FC16CB96AEDCF3123A7AB7CCCA" name="Macedonia">Macedonia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="AE9A448D4872C4E56DDD5FF38E63A97A" author="Petrov, B. M." refId="ref283163" refString="Petrov, B. M. 1992. Mammals of Yugoslavia. Insectivores and rodents. Natural History Museum in Belgrade, Supplement 37: 1 - 186." year="1992">Petrov, 1992</bibRefCitation>
), SE Bulagaria,
<collectingCountry id="D8A0DF002EBC659D9A5F914D4C2C2DA0" name="Greece">Greece</collectingCountry>
(Vohralík, 1992), and Turkish Thrace (also on isls of St. Thomas and Lesbos); extends across
<collectingCountry id="6EABEB42546CE95789467E3070742E85" name="Turkey">Anatolia</collectingCountry>
, except E Black Sea Mtns (Kefelioğlu and Kryštufek, 1999; Kryštufek and Vohralík, 2001), into coastal region of
<collectingCountry id="558C36A359853E56136817324699AD00" name="Syria">Syria</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="1550696260A8752A7C366A531555361A" name="Lebanon">Lebanon</collectingCountry>
and C
<collectingCountry id="7A5E6E79AE2B291429C363C2C88AC4DA" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
near Jaffa (
<bibRefCitation id="A885993ECE469E21DAD83EC480AC9C0E" author="Qumsiyeh, M. B." refId="ref294955" refString="Qumsiyeh, M. B. 1996. Mammals of the Holy Land. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, 389 pp." year="1996">Qumsiyeh, 1996</bibRefCitation>
); NE
<collectingCountry id="168FEF4A3A25D3FE3E1B8A6E0D47CC42" name="Iraq">Iraq</collectingCountry>
and NW
<collectingCountry id="6FA4960029EDA85978FF68C0F2B622D8" name="Iran">Iran</collectingCountry>
(south to Alïgûrdarz in Lurestan Prov and eastward to
<collectingRegion id="D4ADDD272A71B3CF5E001CE6B5F096A8" country="Iran" name="Tehran">Tehran</collectingRegion>
Prov; specimens identified by Kryštufek and Kefelioğlu, 2002, as &quot;non
<taxonomicName id="7A1817DDF95094C332990A55A21F0819" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1773" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="socialis">
<emphasis id="65F4C833A1AE0D112DAE456F3EC86E6D" italics="true" pageNumber="999">socialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
&quot; voles); also on Cyrenaican Plateau and adjacent coastal plain of N
<collectingCountry id="2034AB4839668E94A63796B2FC544F29" name="Libya">Libya</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="3488168C6705E96A211742896CA3C07B" author="Ranck, G. L." refId="ref297223" refString="Ranck, G. L. 1968. The rodents of Libya: Taxonomy, ecology, and zoogeographical relationships. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 275: 1 - 264." year="1968">Ranck, 1968</bibRefCitation>
); Kryštufek (in litt., 2002) outlined the range in the Near East.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="B045A031254BDA9DE784A96748A05E1C" pageNumber="999" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="217B51F5F6DB54E26810FF27DA4E67EC" pageNumber="999">
<emphasis id="E812DF8140E23DA119FF15D9DF790DC6" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="999">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="0D2F053A59BC8F3114E0A90D5CEE3431">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (nt).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="EFEB1E39D9EE7B20E5AF00BA3ABAD91F" pageNumber="999" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="CB79FE4C5A8A6F960ACC98B606148BBC" pageNumber="999">
<emphasis id="0BD49603A1CCB8CC181AC697ADA6659D" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="999">Discussion:</emphasis>
<paragraph id="7945782711556C2CBA15259A99A65DEB" pageNumber="999">
Subgenus
<taxonomicName id="85CB8EE27A74B84C076D886A37BB32B9" baseAuthorityName="Conroy and Cook" baseAuthorityYear="2000" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="7E13D7E043E670B5BD55FD61FACD4E07" italics="true" pageNumber="999">Microtus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A263F5E33EC7B31EB3CEF8E566002728" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1773" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="socialis">
<emphasis id="BDB21FB683F48D998DFDA9A4B2D3170E" italics="true" pageNumber="999">socialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group (
<bibRefCitation id="B089D9F5964852E71E439743E7894351" 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>
) or subgenus
<taxonomicName id="4628BD5385DF3F1BA56CF5E6A10507AD" authorityName="Argyropulo" authorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Sumeriomys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="42A2ECA7D1D6216DB185451440AABB6D" italics="true" pageNumber="999">Sumeriomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="E5331186E15BC20203AE1F018EFA35CC" author="Gromov, I. M. &amp; I. Ya. Polyakov" refId="ref130339" refString="Gromov, I. M., and I. Ya. Polyakov. 1977. Fauna SSSR, Mlekopitayushchie, tom 3, vyp. 8 [Fauna of the USSR, vol. 3, pt. 8, Mammals]. Polevki [Voles (Microtinae)]. Nauka, Moscow-Leningrad, 504 pp. (in Russian)." year="1977">Gromov and Polyakov, 1977</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="A77BAF24F873CE47972694A0A27828DF" 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>
;
<bibRefCitation id="796FFF2E844DCC9302B75F67746E316A" 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="E580D179DB6C3B3834B6D44C0E7E3F61" italics="true" pageNumber="999">a</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="02A7E96185DF2E97FECB2319985E7532" 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="903AE1A5E16AFBCECBA83CD47DC2E47E" italics="true" pageNumber="999">c</emphasis>
)
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initially included
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<emphasis id="C853C69D28A8BB396E130B7493C3FD96" italics="true" pageNumber="999">guentheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<taxonomicName id="4BAFC723AD2AEE1C2ADFEA5D3B517B77" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1773" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="socialis">
<emphasis id="7BAD0D4040096B1D8E4A6C7B378B2994" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. socialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but later (1984) recognized its specific distinctness, a status earlier demonstrated by Neuhäuser (1936),
<bibRefCitation id="30DFD62387F073DC5E593F37EA4EF973" author="Felten, H. &amp; F. Spitzenberger &amp; G. Storch" refId="ref99909" refString="Felten, H., F. Spitzenberger, and G. Storch. 1971. Zur Kleinsaugerfauna West-Anatoliens. Teil I. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 52: 393 - 424." year="1971">Felten et al. (1971)</bibRefCitation>
, and
<bibRefCitation id="91968DA13CC0D8C989123F8649A9ED26" author="Morlok, W. F." refId="ref247322" refString="Morlok, W. F. 1978. Nagetiere aus der Turkei. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 59: 155 - 162." year="1978">Morlok (1978)</bibRefCitation>
.
<bibRefCitation id="FDBFE96D842445613BCFB71F281C1258" 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>
continued to unite
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<emphasis id="634F6CB615F91468A5A4BFA788113D31" italics="true" pageNumber="999">guentheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
<taxonomicName id="13BAACF09D47293E343825E10943C251" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1773" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="socialis">
<emphasis id="700A031392821BB0B540E0D1EFFA8491" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. socialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. C- and G-banding chromosomal patterns in SE Bulgarian reported by
<bibRefCitation id="00D8DC8640B5BAB9FB931E93DB2E3B2C" author="Belcheva, R. G. &amp; Ts. H. Peshev &amp; D. Ts. Peshev" refId="ref26453" refString="Belcheva, R. G., Ts. H. Peshev, and D. Ts. Peshev. 1980. Chromosome C- and G-banding patterns in a Bulgarian population of Microtus guentheri Danford and Alston (Microtinae, Rodentia). Genetica, 52 / 53: 45 - 48." year="1980">Belcheva et al. (1980)</bibRefCitation>
, and standard karyotype documented for SE
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by Çolak et al. (1997); molecular and cytogenetic characteristics of satellite DNA and heterochromatin reported by
<bibRefCitation id="7CF628E9D4F7A35A03F614F2F599085D" author="Modi, W. S." refId="ref244582" refString="Modi, W. S. 1993. Comparative analyses of heterochromatin in Microtus: Sequence heterogeneity and localized expansion and contraction of satellite DNA arrays. Cytogenetics and Celluar Genetics, 62: 142 - 148." year="1993">Modi (1993)</bibRefCitation>
. Greater breadth of chromosomal data integrated by
<bibRefCitation id="ED9B15299B8EF80B1DCDD2AFCBA1385F" author="Zima, J. &amp; B. Kral" refId="ref407128" refString="Zima, J., and B. Kral. 1984 a. Karyotypes of European mammals. II. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium, Academiae Scientarium Bohemoslovacae (Brno), 18 (8): 1 - 62." year="1984">
Zima and Kral (1984
<emphasis id="9D03E7722D752D0786519592426D4F2B" italics="true" pageNumber="999">a</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
and Zima (in litt., 2002); 2n = 54, FN =
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<emphasis id="3483FC72C23A4D3AE96B8F7E5AB9E98E" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. guentheri</emphasis>
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and 2n and FN = 62 for
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<emphasis id="0B8DA13AB53493B9F07E19AE6ED641E9" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. socialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Cranial traits clearly distinguish
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<emphasis id="791ABA7058C67D9D2377D7AF82F87560" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. guentheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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<emphasis id="D6078FD0627E9F88FBAFF31C32C86D93" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. socialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="536A97A62FFA1FBFB757B4CBABF2DF75" 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>
;
<bibRefCitation id="C99B5D406B72ED67A0B9906C23196668" 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>
);
<bibRefCitation id="DA395134032BBF9A31029AFD39006B06" author="Zykov, A. E. &amp; I. V. Zagorodnyuk" refId="ref408831" refString="Zykov, A. E., and I. V. Zagorodnyuk. 1988. [On the systematic position of voles (Mammalia, Rodentia) from Kopet Dagh.] Vestnik Zoologii, 5: 46 - 52 (in Russian)." year="1988">Zykov and Zagorodnyuk (1988)</bibRefCitation>
morphometrically separated it from
<taxonomicName id="69B9757DFA851499737A3BF6125AC610" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1773" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="socialis">
<emphasis id="230A264D2AE0B95B86A6B46C52EA86F2" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. socialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="1F68EB52BACF74AB8438E09C0B80040D" authorityName="Ognev and Heptner" authorityYear="1928" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paradoxus">
<emphasis id="0A3911DC64D4D3F8ECB2CABDC3EFF1AF" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. paradoxus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; and Kefelioğlu and Kryštufek (1999) contrasted it with Turkish
<taxonomicName id="3A2B7B6BB81D7906E7578BFA45903746" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1773" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="socialis">
<emphasis id="D2003563F3C61E90BC9A75A82DE12070" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. socialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and other species using chromosomal and multivariate analyses. Allozymic analysis (40 loci) employing samples of
<taxonomicName id="117A15DB2C95773696DD7E75C27747B7" authorityName="Danford and Alston" authorityYear="1880" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guentheri">
<emphasis id="FF8D8A6A89DEB630494D5B6F41F3211C" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. guentheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B9199C01E1F2509D92173FBA37085FEE" authorityName="Pallas" authorityYear="1778" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arvalis">
<emphasis id="570DD57CC1F95F8C1B2514FC8E152D4D" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. arvalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="51E64229A5902C1070AA3D251E585F4D" baseAuthorityName="Martins" baseAuthorityYear="1842" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Chionomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nivalis">
<emphasis id="A0471F637B3C803C726F6091E46D195D" italics="true" pageNumber="999">Chionomys nivalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
revealed strong, species-level divergence among the three (
<bibRefCitation id="965D0877328B4A00FE384FF1BF25CEF4" author="Markov, G. &amp; B. Chovancova &amp; G. B. Hartl" refId="ref225652" refString="Markov, G., B. Chovancova, and G. B. Hartl. 1995. Biochemical-genetic characterization of Gunther's vole, Microtus guentheri strandzensis. Folia Zoologica, 44 (1): 19 - 22." year="1995">Markov et al., 1995</bibRefCitation>
). Closest relatives of
<taxonomicName id="9DC6E098DBE8425DFDB389902087C094" authorityName="Danford and Alston" authorityYear="1880" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guentheri">
<emphasis id="1664E6A4566651F51D1D7B22D7018A0F" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. guentheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are
<taxonomicName id="87B7631204BEEBBD19D5520323DA55C7" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1773" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="socialis">
<emphasis id="B2023FF157445F5B6DE557ACCDFF0236" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. socialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="243DA20ABABAE205B29165609D479AE8" authorityName="Ognev and Heptner" authorityYear="1928" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paradoxus">
<emphasis id="8CD5876BD6EBD788F7314B16CD79EAFF" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. paradoxus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and apparently
<taxonomicName id="5023B4198F444E050B79C7C99DA5929D" authorityName="Golenishchev" authorityYear="2003" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="qazvinensis">
<emphasis id="7672D7E525952A66C8964A56158FB2A0" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. qazvinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see those accounts).
<taxonomicName id="A9F91897D4867FE9ACFFE9431E0E4AAD" authorityName="Ognev and Heptner" authorityYear="1928" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paradoxus">
<emphasis id="7212389E7546AD6651C907F9664BFEA3" italics="true" pageNumber="999">Microtus paradoxus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, recorded from the mountains of NE
<collectingCountry id="03CEE15C2595276C50991784031362D1" name="Iran">Iran</collectingCountry>
and adjacent Kopet Dag Mtns in S
<collectingCountry id="DAF3A3D9D86E1CC0690542BC1EF909A2" name="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</collectingCountry>
, is similar to
<taxonomicName id="3C8CD15A02DF9CC7EB40857E7055BA3B" authorityName="Danford and Alston" authorityYear="1880" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guentheri">
<emphasis id="3D645501E89CBD49BA3E1548D6A9B80E" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. guentheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in body size and pelage coloration and texture. Whether it represents the easternmost distribution of
<taxonomicName id="307A9B598B5D421F5888B00D2B7BE8E4" authorityName="Danford and Alston" authorityYear="1880" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guentheri">
<emphasis id="30B59D71EB66EEF770E3AA9CDC9D6910" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. guentheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or a separate species requires resolution, as does the status of other taxa listed within the synonymy. See Golenishchev et al. (2000b) for map of most synonym type localities.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C10DE33D4CF36694F3B0E1AA5A03FD0A" pageNumber="999">
Morphological and geographic definition of the species has been unclear due partly to substantial geographic variation and partly to its confusion with
<taxonomicName id="19323C55BBEFE921CD700607BA3BFBF4" authority="(Kock and Nader, 1983)" baseAuthorityName="Kock and Nader" baseAuthorityYear="1983" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="irani">
<emphasis id="AD0BDD1FEE20596252F5FBCA40DA750D" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. irani</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4A914EDFD0C9556C00DF15C3FA540776" 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>
)
</taxonomicName>
. Yiğit and Çolak (2002) morphologically and morphometrically examined Turkish samples and concluded that two species are present:
<taxonomicName id="1D5BF2DDBB8E57433DA95CADE9F4A3D2" authorityName="Danford and Alston" authorityYear="1880" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guentheri">
<emphasis id="6592850737AB1416C09DC590A7238C25" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. guentheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in SE
<collectingCountry id="8D664F745233C6ABA1930A8B6E36DFC6" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
and
<taxonomicName id="D4AB41EE0BC07BF183746624068426A9" authorityName="Blackler" authorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lydius">
<emphasis id="93A1EAFDF7479C9E8FD84838F152980F" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. lydius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(type locality Izmur;
<bibRefCitation id="AC613A29D9F9ECEFE6C16C34DA02946A" author="Blackler, W. F. G." refId="ref33270" refString="Blackler, W. F. G. 1916. On a new species of Microtus from Asia Minor. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 17: 426 - 427." year="1916">Blackler, 1916</bibRefCitation>
), with
<emphasis id="B4D9EC69B4752B9D65DCC0AD102D2C34" italics="true" pageNumber="999">
M. l.
<taxonomicName id="14E603281B54FC124039A6AAD4E1B411" authorityName="Blackler" authorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lydius">lydius</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
in coastal W
<collectingCountry id="33E811426B0DB9FAEE4787FD1A1F8813" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
and the larger-bodied
<emphasis id="A8973A02082B470A00B0433CAD762600" italics="true" pageNumber="999">
M. l.
<taxonomicName id="C0655E6DE91FA1BA44B72EBF02676B76" authorityName="Yigit and Çolak" authorityYear="2002" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ankaraensis">ankaraensis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
throughout C
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. Chromosomal traits do not separate
<taxonomicName id="DE7C2CCD8112BC679241B786D0150F32" authorityName="Blackler" authorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lydius">
<emphasis id="AF9F3A3004B53CB6E5378A3988D1D2EE" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. lydius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<taxonomicName id="3A287736CD370F6428DAD82905904435" authorityName="Danford and Alston" authorityYear="1880" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guentheri">
<emphasis id="D0BAA0BE457818A679E02D2334B7D1E7" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. guentheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, as was previously noted by Kefelioğlu (1995) and Çolak et al. (1997), but they have been considered separable based on bacular morphology and pelage coloration (brown versus yellowish brown). Kryštufek and colleagues (in litt., 2002) revisited the problem by analyzing 13 samples from
<collectingCountry id="C357543883F35B26D37E89E9AB43EB4B" name="Macedonia">Macedonia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="2424F058B0C10C432CF33E89CC59130E" name="Greece">Greece</collectingCountry>
, throughout
<collectingCountry id="5630B554E5F4DD8DCDFD1C1B3FB78F46" name="Turkey">Turkey</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="C7C82E5CA3035D7FE945570E41531237" name="Lebanon">Lebanon</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="6C3DDD933A13E781A737C82F450A0F11" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
, NW
<collectingCountry id="68AB55025FEF1A46457C9B5973BE0E0F" name="Iran">Iran</collectingCountry>
, and N
<collectingCountry id="9BE67745BD9319FC4C5A900BCD201ADB" name="Libya">Libya</collectingCountry>
, including
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of
<taxonomicName id="46A4540ED30E3B68EAEA161EB24AA877" authorityName="Barrett-Hamilton" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hartingi">
<emphasis id="CCD107FED06DF88F8FC1E50AD9632AD1" italics="true" pageNumber="999">hartingi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="9E1FBB2020AAC60552F1C14F8B9EEC5C" authorityName="Blackler" authorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lydius">
<emphasis id="CD5972D38D7DCAD81FFA924BA213D858" italics="true" pageNumber="999">lydius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="22CFC74AB29384C6DCDC8279594D07F6" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1917" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="philistinus">
<emphasis id="C0256252BA1D1CEB0FA46EE5FF0EA965" italics="true" pageNumber="999">philistinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A1306BFBB43882E0B3EDFDE3F77F3A29" authorityName="Hinton" authorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mustersi">
<emphasis id="E3E714CD69D399CA20B537EDF538F0BE" italics="true" pageNumber="999">mustersi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and topotypes of
<taxonomicName id="5CB0BB8C78769BD61574ED359C7A2A13" authorityName="Petrov" authorityYear="1939" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="martinoi">
<emphasis id="60FF978AD6793F24D2831FFD4A34F2CC" italics="true" pageNumber="999">martinoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(=
<taxonomicName id="98BAC432D4258DD2E59851277305C60E" authorityName="Kretzoi" authorityYear="1964" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macedonicus">
<emphasis id="EA5E8F81FD6D1C5AD8EF0B927A566279" italics="true" pageNumber="999">macedonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
),
<taxonomicName id="F1E04C00CD7FFDEE22B8951B869B19D0" authorityName="Yigit and Çolak" authorityYear="2002" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ankaraensis">
<emphasis id="4A9400D1C909A445FD50EFAE0BEC87AA" italics="true" pageNumber="999">ankaraensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="6B23B397DFDE77320A9E7D0694F2B624" authorityName="Danford and Alston" authorityYear="1880" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guentheri">
<emphasis id="7162E7D5D006379AB0A62A4C0191DACC" italics="true" pageNumber="999">guentheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; their preliminary results revealed two indistinct clusters, joined by intermediate samples and suggesting continuous morphological variation among the taxa represented. They regarded these &quot;intergrading samples as belonging to
<taxonomicName id="C3C6D282DD5D0A3D38EEB51A869275B4" authorityName="Danford and Alston" authorityYear="1880" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guentheri">
<emphasis id="0E512A0586AD933C52B35363E3A6FA61" italics="true" pageNumber="999">guentheri</emphasis>
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, which is supported by available evidence on the karyotype.&quot;
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0530400297F73AED35FF54931715E0A5" pageNumber="999">
The taxon
<taxonomicName id="2228534E4A4838D7C27F8217068583DC" authority="(Hinton, 1926 b)" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mustersi">
<emphasis id="1188FD90FF01CE18B4EC8CB4FDF7289D" italics="true" pageNumber="999">mustersi</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4D0AEC7BC9A51F34749AE6822CEB4FF8" author="Hinton, M. A. C." refId="ref154063" refString="Hinton, M. A. C. 1926 b. Note on the occurrence of a vole in Northern Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, 18: 304 - 306." year="1926">
Hinton, 1926
<emphasis id="BE4B0744637171AF404E63E2ACD20334" italics="true" pageNumber="999">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, described as distinct from but morphologically closely related to
<taxonomicName id="508CF9A80B23D75AB37555C50A3DDD98" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1917" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="philistinus">
<emphasis id="6F64D9352DAF1F5D2C40FBBED57D3638" italics="true" pageNumber="999">philistinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="C2120A1F33238D74D1992EBC7A37B60B" name="Israel">Israel</collectingCountry>
(=
<taxonomicName id="0ABCAF4A8D922CC1335ADE80109D0C2D" authorityName="Danford and Alston" authorityYear="1880" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guentheri">
<emphasis id="9AECBD01C219B777241F9702E6D82058" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. guentheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), is the only living arvicoline in Africa, known by only a few specimens collected at or near the type locality. Described as a species and often recognized as such (G. M. Allen. 1939;
<bibRefCitation id="570D2A32FDE29CC9EBA222015957E48D" 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="32F2E0C8030CA6FF902F677320B00A89" author="Ranck, G. L." refId="ref297223" refString="Ranck, G. L. 1968. The rodents of Libya: Taxonomy, ecology, and zoogeographical relationships. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 275: 1 - 264." year="1968">Ranck, 1968</bibRefCitation>
); or included in
<taxonomicName id="35D96A8EE2F3B7410AF20D4B5C3A7CC7" authorityName="Danford and Alston" authorityYear="1880" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guentheri">
<emphasis id="7819B0D5549428759AE3EAA246F74673" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. guentheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="3C494EA8FA79AFA06615F28820E9DED2" 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>
;
<bibRefCitation id="BE9D0200B2F5027216A946A8B4EF2834" author="Toschi, A." refId="ref358763" refString="Toschi, A. 1954. Elenco preliminare dei mammiferi della Libia. Supplemento alle Ricerche di Zoologia Applicata alla Caccia, 2 (7): 241 - 273." year="1954">Toschi, 1954</bibRefCitation>
),
<taxonomicName id="ED1276971955910670E1AC9AE4667189" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1773" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="socialis">
<emphasis id="5A3C0C6BD00BDBE94147CA0AFB5D5FE1" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. socialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="AA86B1C6294ADF505F2D3D2B7EFCA5EC" 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="A65EA41E5FDDDE26876D87450975307D" italics="true" pageNumber="999">c</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="A89B3755A80B0A4EF8B5D02AE4060A6E" 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>
), or
<taxonomicName id="6E54C3737B5545F88866DD65B6DE2E68" authority="(Musser and Carleton, 1993)" baseAuthorityName="Musser and Carleton" baseAuthorityYear="1993" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="irani">
<emphasis id="D24C4585433CE31F73F8EF13575FC0A2" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. irani</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="586A9258BFED4C9456A23C18A5D5CEBF" 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>
)
</taxonomicName>
. Libyan voles are a zoogeographic enigma, &quot;particularly since they are not known from coastal
<collectingCountry id="B4BC206CD66E32DD44F724E89AE033D7" name="Egypt">Egypt</collectingCountry>
, the only conceivable dispersal route,&quot; wrote
<bibRefCitation id="79B3ABD85C623E014D2451B937787C07" author="Ranck, G. L." refId="ref297223" refString="Ranck, G. L. 1968. The rodents of Libya: Taxonomy, ecology, and zoogeographical relationships. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 275: 1 - 264." year="1968">Ranck (1968:73)</bibRefCitation>
, who speculated that the population is a relict &quot;from the period when the more boreal climates of the Pleistocene prevailed over North Africa. The Cyrenaican Plateau by virtue of its higher elevation has retained at least a vestige of these boreal elements, whereas the remainder of coastal Africa has become much drier and more sparsely vegetated and no longer contains habitats suitable for voles.&quot; The morphological identity of
<taxonomicName id="41898CCBBD66C4031632E4D0286AEA40" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mustersi">
<emphasis id="242BAC38B4F76029A6CA003ADBB2AC56" italics="true" pageNumber="999">mustersi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
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<emphasis id="F9D778B0DC446FA531D75CA078EE545E" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. guentheri</emphasis>
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should be tested by chromosomal and molecular analyses. Recorded in Middle Palaeolithic deposits in
<collectingCountry id="D089640419643DAA0E4171301EC7DB59" name="Lebanon">Lebanon</collectingCountry>
, where
<taxonomicName id="81511A193A1F68BB8DF8EE708F91794F" authorityName="Danford and Alston" authorityYear="1880" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guentheri">
<emphasis id="37B84665ED6E18CC0EBCF9E9F78EB4FC" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. guentheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is now common (
<bibRefCitation id="768880B14A54F4C1AD8AB9455E29622A" author="Kersten, A. M. P." refId="ref183324" refString="Kersten, A. M. P. 1992. Rodents and insectivores from the Palaeolithic rock shelter of Ksar'Akil (Lebanon) and their palaeoecological implications. Paleorient, 18: 27 - 45." year="1992">Kersten, 1992</bibRefCitation>
), perhaps reaching the E Mediterranean region from the north during middle Pleistocene (
<bibRefCitation id="451D76C2A118E54C2A3A76B72ED1F383" author="Tchernov, E." refId="ref349536" refString="Tchernov, E. 1988. The paleobiogeographical history of the Southern Levant. Pp. 159 - 250, in The Zoogeography of Israel (Y. Yom-Tov and E. Tchernov, eds.). Dr. W. Junk, the Hague, 600 pp." year="1988">Tchernov, 1988</bibRefCitation>
). Bate (1937) described
<taxonomicName id="44AA3A221308172C414E3FDE596F3492" authorityName="Bate" authorityYear="1937" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="machintoni">
<emphasis id="1EC1B99CDB8EE3095C1AC6BC301D8780" italics="true" pageNumber="999">machintoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on fossils from
<collectingCountry id="D9C8F390EF276CB359A4280908986AFA" name="Palestine">Palestine</collectingCountry>
, but
<bibRefCitation id="E05AE390A007529C608D369C7EBB2729" author="Tchernov, E." refId="ref349408" refString="Tchernov, E. 1968. Succession of rodent faunas during the Upper Pleistocene of Israel. Mammalia Depicta, 3: 152 pp." year="1968">Tchernov (1968)</bibRefCitation>
considered it part of a chronocline within
<taxonomicName id="4D30018A7595472040B7A7D6459C7731" authorityName="Danford and Alston" authorityYear="1880" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guentheri">
<emphasis id="31C4408A3EAA51B039D1D0E09CAF1CFA" italics="true" pageNumber="999">M. guentheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
.
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