Jalapan pine vole
Microtus quasiater
- Near threatened
- Card rarity: Uncommon
- Mammals
The Jalapan pine vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, found only in Mexico. The scientific name quasiater translates as "almost black", while the common name refers to the city of Jalapa, close to where the first specimen was collected.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Genus
- Microtus