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Mongolian silver vole
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Arvicolinae
Genus:	Alticola
Species:	A. semicanus
Binomial name
Alticola semicanus (G. M. Allen, 1924)
Synonyms
Alticola alleni Microtus worthingtoni semicanus

The Mongolian silver vole (Alticola semicanus), also called the Mongolian mountain vole, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found mostly in Mongolia and small parts of southern Russia and northeastern China. In general, they are not crepuscular.

References

1. Batsaikhan, N.; Tinnin, D.; Shar, S.; Avirmed, D. & Usukhjargal, D. (2008). "Alticola semicanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2009.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
2. Kryštufek, Boris; Shenbrot, Georgy I. (July 2022). Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaerctic Region (1 ed.). Maribor, Slovenia: University of Maribor Press. p. 91. ISBN 978-961-286-611-2.
3. Augugliaro, Claudio; Anile, Stefano; Munkhtsog, Bariushaa; Janchivlamdan, Choikhand; Batzorig, Enkhzorig; Mazzon, Ivan; Nielsen, Clayton (2022-09-03). "Activity overlap between mesocarnivores and prey in the Central Mongolian steppe". Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 34 (5): 514–530. doi:10.1080/03949370.2021.1975312. ISSN 0394-9370.

• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005), "Superfamily Muroidea", in Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 894–1531, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4

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