| Taiwan vole | |
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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. kikuchii
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| Binomial name | |
| Alexandromys kikuchii (
Kuroda, 1920)
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| Synonyms [1] | |
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The Taiwan vole (Alexandromys kikuchii) [2] [3] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, It is an endemic species of Taiwan. This species is herbivorous with a preference for the Yushan cane (Yushania niitakayamensis). [4]
References
- ^ a b Kennerley, R. (2017). "Microtus kikuchii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T23042A22349540. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T23042A22349540.en.
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Superfamily Muroidea. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. ISBN 0801882214.
- ^ Kryštufek, B. (2020). "Lin, L.-K., Oshida, T. and Motokawa, M. (2020). Mammals of Taiwan. Volume 2. Rodentia. Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan. 165 pp". Journal of Animal Diversity. 2 (3): 1–4. doi: 10.29252/JAD.2020.2.3.1. S2CID 225188019.
- ^ Yeh, S.H.; Hsu, J.T.; Lin, Y.K. (2012). "Taiwan field vole (Microtus kikuchii) herbivory facilitates Yushan cane (Yushania niitakayamensis) asexual reproduction in alpine meadows". Journal of Mammalogy. 93 (5): 1265–1272. doi: 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-309.1. S2CID 84636731.