Lusitanian pine vole
The Lusitanian pine vole (Microtus lusitanicus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the northwestern half of the Iberian Peninsula where it occurs in central and northern Portugal, northwest Spain, and in the extreme south west of France.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Microtus |
| Subgenus: | Terricola |
| Species: | M. lusitanicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Microtus lusitanicus (Gerbe, 1879) | |
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References
- Aulagnier, S.; Amori, G.; Hutterer, R.; Kryštufek, B.; Yigit, N.; Mitsain, G. & Muñoz, L.J.P. (2008). "Microtus lusitanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
- 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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