Middendorff's vole (Alexandromys middendorffi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is found only in Russia, most commonly north Siberia.[1]
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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: | Alexandromys |
| Species: | A. middendorffi
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| Binomial name | |
| Alexandromys middendorffi (Poliakov, 1881)
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The common name commemorates Alexander Theodor von Middendorff (1815–1894), a German–Russian naturalist who traveled extensively in Siberia. It is also known as the north Siberian vole or Altai vole.[3]
This vole, along with Stenocranius gregalis, is one of the primary preys of the Arctic fox on the Yamal Peninsula.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Tsytsulina, K.; Formozov, N.; Sheftel, B. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Microtus middendorffii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T13444A115113294. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T13444A22345757.en.
- ^ a b "Alexandromys middendorffi". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
- ^ "Microtus middendorffii". Animal Diversity Web. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
- ^ Terekhina, Alexandra (2021). "The context of an emerging predation problem: Nenets reindeer herders and Arctic foxes in Yamal". European Journal of Wildlife Research: 4.
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