Middendorff's vole

Middendorff's vole (Alexandromys middendorffi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is found only in Russia, most commonly north Siberia.[1]

Middendorff's vole
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Alexandromys
Species:
A. middendorffi
Binomial name
Alexandromys middendorffi
(Poliakov, 1881)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Arvicola middendorfii Poljakov, 1881
  • Microtus middendorffi (Poliakov, 1881) [orth. error]
  • Microtus middendorffii (Poljakov, 1881)
  • hyperboreus Vinogradov, 1934
  • obscurus (Middendorff, 1853)
  • ryphaeus Heptner, 1948
  • swerevi Skalon, 1935
  • tasensis Skalon, 1935
  • uralensis Skalon, 1935

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.[3]

This vole, along with Stenocranius gregalis, is one of the primary preys of the Arctic fox on the Yamal Peninsula.[4]

References
  1. Tsytsulina, K.; Formozov, N.; Sheftel, B. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Microtus middendorffii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T13444A115113294. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T13444A22345757.en.
  2. "Alexandromys middendorffi". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
  3. "Microtus middendorffii". Animal Diversity Web. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  4. Terekhina, Alexandra (2021). "The context of an emerging predation problem: Nenets reindeer herders and Arctic foxes in Yamal". European Journal of Wildlife Research: 4.
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