Microtus (Microtus) paradoxus Ognev and Heptner 1928

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 : 1012

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Microtus (Microtus) paradoxus Ognev and Heptner 1928 View in CoL

Microtus (Microtus) paradoxus Ognev and Heptner 1928 View in CoL , Zool. Anz., 75: 263.

Type Locality: S Turkmenistan, Kopet Dag Mtns, Chuli, near Ashkhabad.

Vernacular Names: Paradox Vole.

Distribution: Kopet Dag Mtns, S Turkmenistan, and mountains of NE Iran in N Khorassan Prov. (near Dasht, Gowadoh, Dergematie, Kaur, and Gorgan; series in AMNH and USNM; Kryštufek and Kefelioğlu, 2002); may also occur in N Afghanistan, identified as M. guentheri ( Hassinger, 1973) , but the two cited specimens need to be reexamined.