Microtus kikuchii

Microtus kikuchii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Arvicolinae
Genus: Microtus
Species: Alexandromys kikuchii

Name

Alexandromys kikuchii (Kuroda, 1920): 36, 40 ["Microtus kikuchii"]

Type locality: "at an altitude of about 10,000 ft. above sea-level on Mt. Morrison, Formosa"; Taiwan.

Synonyms

• Alexandromys kikuchii
• Microtus (Alexandromys) kikuchii
• Microtus kikuchii Kuroda, 1920): 36, 40 (protonym)
• Volemys kikuchii

Eponyms: Yonetarō Kikuchi, who obtained the type specimen [Kuroda, 1920: 37]

References

Primary references

• Kuroda, N. 1920. 臺灣中央山脈産鼠科の二種類に就て [On Two Rare species of Muridae from the Central Mountains of Formosa]. Dōbutsugaku Zasshi 32(376): 36–43. BHL NDL Digital Collections Reference page. 

Links

• Microtus kikuchii in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Microtus kikuchii Kuroda, 1920 (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Taiwan-Wühlmaus
English: Taiwan Vole
español: Topillo de Taiwán
français: Campagnol de Taïwan
日本語: キクチハタネズミ
中文: 臺灣高山田鼠

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