Microtus irani Thomas, 1921: 580 Annotated checklist of the endemic Tetrapoda species of Iran Eskandarzadeh, Naeimeh Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar Fathinia, Behzad Bahmani, Zahed Hamidi, Kordiyeh Gholamifard, Ali Zoosystema 2018 2018-11-29 40 24 507 537 Thomas, 1921 Thomas 1921 [973,1294,789,815] Mammalia Muridae Microtus Animalia Rodentia 23 528 Chordata species irani    Microtus iraniThomas, 1921: 580. COMMON NAME. — Iranian Vole.  HOLOTYPE. — Not traced.   TYPELOCALITY. —  Bagh-i-Rezi, Shiraz, Fars Province,  5200 ft.  DISTRIBUTION. — As currently recognized, this taxon is not endemic to Iran, however it probably should be retained due to the uncertainy of its distribution ( Kryštufek 2017a, b) (C. William Kilpatrick comm. pers.). Kock et al.(1972)and Kock & Nadler (1983)expanded the range of this species to extend from Western Iranto Israel, a distribution perpetuated by others including Musser & Carleton (1993). Kryštufek & Kefelioğlu (2001)redescribed  M. iranibased on the holotypeand three topotypes and restricted its known distribution back to the type locality. However, analysis of cytochrome b( Cytb) sequences (Kryštufek et al.2009) suggested that  M. iranialso occurred in Balkusan, Turkey; and Kryštufek et al.(2010)recognized this taxon as a new subspecies ( M. i. karamani). The range of M. i. karamanihas been expanded to include Lebanon( Kryštufek et al.2013) and western Iran( Mahmoudi et al.2014). HABITAT. — Steppe in mountains, grasslands with clumps of bushes, cultivated fields, and orchards at elevations of 1000-2100 m( Kryštufek & Kefelioğlu 2001; Kryštufek 2017a).  IUCN. — Data deficient.  REFERENCES. — Thomas (1921); Ellerman (1948); Kock et al.(1972); Kock & Nadler (1983); Musser & Carleton (1993); Kryštufek & Kefelioğlu (2001); Kryštufek et al. (2009, 2010, 2013); Mahmoudi et al.(2014); Kryštufek (2017a).  REMARK Included in  M. sociialis(Pallas, 1773)by Lay (1967)following Ellerman (1948). Currently this taxon is proposed to contain three subspecies (  iraniThomas, 1921, karamani Kryštufek, Vohralík, Zima, Koubinová & Bužan, 2010, and schidlovskiiArgyropulo, 1933) with a distribution including areas of Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Georgia, and Armenia. However, the taxonomic scope and the distributions of these taxa are still poorly understood ( Kryštufek 2017a).   Microtus qazvinensis Golenishchev, Malikov, Nazari, 3001053345 [1003,1425,981,1005] 1585 Shiraz Bagh-i-Rezi 23 528 1 Fars holotype