Microtus (Microtus) cabrerae Thomas 1906

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 994

Microtus (Microtus) cabrerae Thomas 1906

Microtus (Microtus) cabrerae Thomas 1906 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 17: 576.

Type Locality: Spain, Madrid Prov., Sierra de Guadarrama, near Rascafria.

Vernacular Names: Cabrera's Vole.

Synonyms: Microtus (Microtus) dentatus Miller 1910 .

Distribution: Fragmented range in Spain and Portugal; and; subfossils document past occurrence of M. cabrerae in French side of the Pyrenees, which is outside its modern range ( Corbet, 1984; Fernández-Salvador, 1998, 2000; Mitchell-Jones et al., 1999; Niethammer, 1982 f).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Subgenus Microtus , agrestis species group ( Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1987, 1998; Pavlinov et al., 1995 a). Placed in subgenus Agricola by Zagorodnyuk (1990); Chaline (1974) used the subgenus Iberomys , a name superceded by Agricola , for dentatus and brecciensis . Biochemical and chromosomal data reported by Millet et al. (1982), Burgos et al. (1989), and Jimenez et al. (1991); other chromosomal data contributed by Zima and Kral (1984 a); molecular and cytogenetic characteristics of satellite DNA and heterochromatin reported by Modi (1993). Biological and morphometric traits of Spanish samples and their significance evaluated by Ventura et al. (1998); occurrence in Spain, Portugal and France (subfossils) and morphometric discrimination from other Microtus and Chionomys in the same region documented by Madureira (1983). Closely related to the Pleistocene M. brecciensis , recorded from Spain, SE France, and NW Italy ( Niethammer, 1982 f).