Murree vole

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| name = Murree vole

| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Cassola, F. |date=2019 |title=Hyperacrius wynnei |volume=2019 |page=e.T10643A22353157 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T10643A22353157.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| genus = Hyperacrius

| species = wynnei

| authority = (Blanford, 1881)

| synonyms =

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The Murree vole (Hyperacrius wynnei) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the Himalayas in Pakistan and India. It was named by William Thomas Blanford after its collector, geologist Arthur Beavor Wynne.

Distribution

It is confined to the Himalayas of northern India and Pakistan (including Murree Hills, Kaghan Valley and Swat ValleyRoberts, T.J., "Field Guide to the small mammals of Pakistan" Karachi:Oxford University Press, 2005 p. 257.).

References

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  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

{{Arvicolinae}}

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Category:Hyperacrius

Category:Rodents of India

Category:Rodents of Pakistan

Category:Murree

Category:Mammals described in 1881

Category:Taxa named by William Thomas Blanford

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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