Paradox vole | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
Genus: | Microtus |
Subgenus: | Microtus |
Species: | M. paradoxus
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Binomial name | |
Microtus paradoxus | |
Synonyms | |
Chilotus paradoxurus Ognev & Heptner, 1928 |
The paradox vole (Microtus paradoxus), also called the Kopet Dag pine vole or Khorasan social vole, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in southern Turkmenistan and northeastern Iran. It is endemic to the Kopet Dag mountain range.[1]