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Lusitanian pine vole

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Lusitanian pine vole
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)

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.

References

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  1. ^ Aulagnier, S. (2016). "Microtus lusitanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T13494A513980. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T13494A513980.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  • 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.