Tarabundi Vole

Microtus est un genre de rongeurs de la famille des Cricetidés. Il comprend de nombreuses espèces de Campagnols. Leur classification est encore discutée et certains auteurs classent encore ce genre dans la famille des Muridés.

The Tarabundí vole (Microtus oaxacensis), a medium-large blackish brown vole, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico, originating from Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, one of the only other species from Oaxaca besides the Microtus mexicanus. The Microtus oaxacensis habitats themselves in disturbed vegetations that consist of different grasses and wild strawberries in cloud forest and pine forest, and often can be found living by the highway margins of Tuxtepec, where the cleaning of these vegetations by the highways put the vole at risk, making them vulnerable to…

Microtus oaxacensis es una especie de roedor de la familia Cricetidae. Distribución geográfica Se encuentra en México. Referencias Wilson DE.