Authority citation: Eversmmann E. (1841). Addenda ad celeberrimi Pallasii Zoographiam Rosso-Asiaticam. Fasciculus II. Uchenye zapiski Imperatorskogo Kazanskogo Universiteta 1:154–167. [Also published separately in a pamphlet, but according to Krystufek & Shenbrot that publication was later. I have not verified the volume number in other sources. The journal name should probably be "Ученыя записки издаваемыя Императорскимъ Казанскимъ Университетомъ"]
Original name as described: Hypudaeus obscurus
Nominal names: obscurus (Eversmann, 1841) | caucasicus Satunin, 1896 [nomen nudum] | brevirostris Ognev, 1924 | macrocranius Ognev, 1924 | transcaucasicus Ognev, 1924 | ghalgai Krassovsky, 1929 [nomen nudum | infrasubspecific] | gudauricus Ognev, 1929 | transuralensis Serebrennikov, 1929 | iphigeniae Heptner, 1946 | caspicus Ognev, 1950 | innae Ognev, 1950 | ruthenus Ognev, 1950
Other common names: Dark Vole
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Cricetidae -- Subfamily: Arvicolinae -- Tribe: Microtini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: ZIN S. 6653
Type locality: probably near Chujskij trakt (a road), Altai Mtns., Russia.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Ukraine (UKR) | Russia (RUS) | Georgia (GEO) | Armenia (ARM) | Azerbaijan (AZE) | Turkey (TUR) | Iran (IRN) | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | Mongolia (MNG) | China (CHN)
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. arvalis
Citation: Tougard, C., Montuire, S., Volobouev, V., Markova, E., Contet, J., Aniskin, V., & Quere, J. P. (2013). Exploring phylogeography and species limits in the Altai vole (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 108(2), 434-452.
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