Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: A. J. van der Meulen and C. S. Doukas. 2001. The Early Biharian rodent fauna from Tourkoubounia 2. Lynx ns (Praha) 32:255-277
Belongs to Microtus according to A. J. van der Meulen and C. S. Doukas 2001
Sister taxa: Arvicola didelta, Arvicola involuta, Microtus (Stenocranius), Microtus (Tyrrhenicola), Microtus agrestis, Microtus arvalis, Microtus australis, Microtus brecciensis, Microtus bucharicus, Microtus californicus, Microtus chrotorrhinus, Microtus drummondi, Microtus duodecimcostatus, Microtus epimticeps, Microtus guatemalensis, Microtus guentheri, Microtus guildayi, Microtus hibbardi, Microtus irene, Microtus kikuchii, Microtus leucurus, Microtus llanensis, Microtus longicaudus, Microtus mandarinus, Microtus meadensis, Microtus mexicanus, Microtus middendorffi, Microtus miguelensis, Microtus miurus, Microtus montanus, Microtus morlani, Microtus oaxacensis, Microtus ochrogaster, Microtus oeconomus, Microtus paroperarius, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Microtus pinetorum, Microtus quasiater, Microtus richardsoni, Microtus rossiaemeridionalis, Microtus umbrosus, Microtus xanthognathus, Pitymys aratai, Pitymys cumberlandensis, Pitymys parvulus, Pitymys nemoralis, Pitymys mcnowni
Type specimen: TB2 709, a tooth (lower first molar). Its type locality is Tourkovounia 2, which is in a Pleistocene fissure fill horizon in Greece.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Tourkovounia 2
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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