Chionomys roberti (Thomas 1906)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 970

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Chionomys roberti (Thomas 1906) View in CoL

[Oxymycterus] roberti Thomas 1906 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 17: 418.

Type Locality: Turkey, Sumela (=Meryemana), south of Trebizond (Kryštufek, 1999 c) .

Vernacular Names: Robert's Snow Vole.

Synonyms: Chionomys circassicus (Heptner 1948) ; Chionomys occidentalis (Turov 1928) ; Chionomys personatus Ognev 1924 ; Chionomys pshavus (Shidlovski 1919) ; Chionomys turovi (Hoffmeister 1949) .

Distribution: Forests in W Caucasus ( Georgia and Azerbaijan), and in E Black Sea Mtns, NE Turkey.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Distributional and biological aspects of Turkish populations reported by Kryštufek (1999 c), who noted slight chromosomal differences between those and Caucasus populations.