Middendorf's vole

Middendorf's vole
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Arvicolinae
Genus:	Microtus
Subgenus:	Alexandromys
Species:	M. middendorffi
Binomial name
	Microtus middendorffi; (Poliakov, 1881)
Synonyms
	hyperboreus Vinogradov, 1934; obscurus (Middendorf, 1853); ryphaeus Heptner, 1948; swerevi Skalon, 1935; tasensis Skalon, 1935; uralensis Skalon, 1935;

Middendorf's vole (Microtus middendorffi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Russia, most commonly north Siberia.

The common name commemorates Alexander Theodor von Middendorff (1815–1894), a German–Russian naturalist who traveled extensively in Siberia. It is also known as the north Siberian vole or Altai vole.[2]

This vole, along with Microtus gregalis, is one of the primary preys of the Arctic fox on the Yamal Peninsula.[3]

References

Tsytsulina, K.; Formozov, N. & Sheftel, B. (2008). "Microtus middendorffi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2009.old-form url Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
"Microtus middendorffii". Animal Diversity Web. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. Retrieved March 4, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
Terekhina, Alexandra (2021). "The context of an emerging predation problem: Nenets reindeer herders and Arctic foxes in Yamal". European Journal of Wildlife Research: 4.

Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

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[iucn-1] Tsytsulina, K.; Formozov, N. & Sheftel, B. (2008). "Microtus middendorffi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2009.old-form url Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.

[2] "Microtus middendorffii". Animal Diversity Web. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. Retrieved March 4, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] Terekhina, Alexandra (2021). "The context of an emerging predation problem: Nenets reindeer herders and Arctic foxes in Yamal". European Journal of Wildlife Research: 4.