Middendorff's vole | |
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Scientific classification | |
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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Synonyms[1][2] | |
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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]
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]