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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Hyperacrius |
| Species: | H. wynnei
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyperacrius wynnei (Blanford, 1881)
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Distribution
editIt is confined to the Himalayas of northern India and Pakistan[1] (including Murree Hills, Kaghan Valley and Swat Valley[2]).
References
edit- ^ a b c Cassola, F. (2019). "Hyperacrius wynnei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T10643A22353157. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T10643A22353157.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ 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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