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Murree vole

Murree vole
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Hyperacrius
Species:
H. wynnei
Binomial name
Hyperacrius wynnei
(Blanford, 1881)

The Murree vole (Hyperacrius wynnei) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the Himalayas in Pakistan and India.[1] It was named by William Thomas Blanford after its collector, geologist Arthur Beavor Wynne.

Distribution

It is confined to the Himalayas of northern India and Pakistan[1] (including Murree Hills, Kaghan Valley and Swat Valley[2]).

References

  1. ^ a b c Cassola, F. (2019). "Hyperacrius wynnei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T10643A22353157. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. ^ Roberts, T.J., "Field Guide to the small mammals of Pakistan" Karachi:Oxford University Press, 2005 p. 257.
  • 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.


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