Alticola (Alticola) montosa True 1894

Alticola (Alticola) montosa True 1894, Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus ., 17: 11.

Type Locality: N India, C Kashmir, 11,000 ft (3353 m).

Vernacular Names: Kashmir Mountain Vole.

Synonyms: Alticola (Alticola) imitator (Bonhote 1905) .

Distribution: Jammu and Kashmir, ca. 2450-4000 m (Agrawal, 2000; Hinton, 1926 a; Rossolimo and Pavlinov, 1992).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Subgenus Alticola, A. roylei-A. argentatus species group (Rossolimo and Pavlinov, 1992). Usually incorporated in A. roylei (Corbet, 1978 c; Gromov and Polyakov, 1977), but the diagnostic traits of montosa clearly distinguish it from geographically adjacent roylei, as Hinton (1926 a) long ago noted and Rossolimo and Pavlinov (1992) verified. Reviewed by Agrawal (2000).