Taiwan vole
Species of rodent
Taiwan vole | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
Genus: | Alexandromys |
Species: | A. kikuchii |
Binomial name | |
Alexandromys kikuchii (Kuroda, 1920) | |
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The Taiwan vole (Alexandromys kikuchii)[2][3] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, It is an endemic species of Taiwan. This species is herbivorous with a preference for the Yushan cane.[4]
References
- ^ a b Kennerley, R. (2017). "Microtus kikuchii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T23042A22349540. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T23042A22349540.en.
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Superfamily Muroidea. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. ISBN 0801882214.
- ^ Kryštufek, B. (2020). "Lin, L.-K., Oshida, T. and Motokawa, M. (2020). Mammals of Taiwan. Volume 2. Rodentia. Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan. 165 pp". Journal of Animal Diversity. 2 (3): 1–4. doi:10.29252/JAD.2020.2.3.1. S2CID 225188019.
- ^ Yeh, S.H.; Hsu, J.T.; Lin, Y.K. (2012). "Taiwan field vole (Microtus kikuchii) herbivory facilitates Yushan cane (Yushania niitakayamensis) asexual reproduction in alpine meadows". Journal of Mammalogy. 93 (5): 1265–1272. doi:10.1644/11-MAMM-A-309.1. S2CID 84636731.
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Extant species of subfamily Arvicolinae
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Infraclass: Eutheria
- Superorder: Euarchontoglires
- Order: Rodentia
- Family: Cricetidae
Arvicola (Water voles) |
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Alexandromys |
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Chionomys (Snow voles) |
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Hyperacrius (Voles from Pakistan) |
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Lasiopodomys |
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Lemmiscus |
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Microtus (Voles) |
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Neodon (Mountain voles) |
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Proedromys |
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Stenocranius |
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Volemys |
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(Collared lemmings)
Dicrostonyx |
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(mole voles)
Ellobius (Mole voles) |
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(Steppe lemmings)
Eolagurus |
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Lagurus |
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(Lemmings)
Lemmus (True lemmings) |
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Myopus |
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Synaptomys (Bog lemmings) |
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Alticola (Voles from Central Asia) |
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Caryomys |
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Eothenomys (Voles from East Asia) |
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Clethrionomys (some Red-backed voles) |
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Craseomys (other Red-backed voles) |
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Neofiber |
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Ondatra |
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Dinaromys |
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Arborimus (Tree voles) |
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Phenacomys (Heather voles) |
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Prometheomys |
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