Guatemalan vole | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
Genus: | Microtus |
Subgenus: | Pitymys |
Species: | M. guatemalensis
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Binomial name | |
Microtus guatemalensis Merriam, 1898
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The Guatemalan vole (Microtus guatemalensis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico, in montane pine-oak forest and meadow at elevations between 2600 and 3100 m above sea level.[1] It is terrestrial and probably diurnal or crepuscular.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Matson, J. (2020). "Microtus guatemalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13432A22350117. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T13432A22350117.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 999. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.