Authority citation: Hinton, M.A.C. 1926-09-01. Note on the occurrence of a vole in northern Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)18(105):304-306.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932608633512
Original name as described: Microtus mustersi
Nominal names: mustersi Hinton, 1926
Other common names: Muster's Vole
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Cricetidae -- Subfamily: Arvicolinae -- Tribe: Microtini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1926.8.4.4
Type locality: Merg, Cyrenaica, Libya.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Libya (LBY)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Not evaluated
Species-specific notes: split from M. guentheri
Citation: Thanou, E., Paragamian, K., & Lymberakis, P. (2020). Social but lonely: Species delimitation of social voles and the evolutionary history of the only Microtus species living in Africa. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 58(1), 475-498.
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