Microtus bavaricus

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Taxonomy

Kingdom:	ANIMALIA
Phylum:	CHORDATA
Class:	MAMMALIA
Order:	RODENTIA
Family:	MURIDAE
Scientific Name:	Microtus bavaricus
Species Authority:	König, 1962
Synonym/s:	Pitymys bavaricus Konig 1962
Common Name/s:	BAVARIAN PINE VOLE (Eng) BAVARIAN VOLE (Eng)
Taxonomic Notes:	A synonym used in the database previously is Pitymys bavaricus. Will be transferred to family Cricetidae.

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

DD ver 3.1 (2001)

Year Assessed:

2002

Assessor/s:

Gippoliti, S. (Rodent Specialist Group)

Evaluator/s:

Amori, G. & Gippoliti, S. (Rodent Red List Authority)

Justification:

Microtus bavaricus was known previously from only one location which was later drastically altered by the construction of a hospital on the site. No specimens of this rodent have been recorded at this location since 1962. However, a population apparently belonging to this taxon has recently been discovered in Northern Tyrol, just across the German-Austrian border.

History:

1986	-	Extinct as Pitymys bavaricus (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1988	-	Extinct as Pitymys bavaricus (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1990	-	Extinct as Pitymys bavaricus (IUCN 1990)
1994	-	Extinct as Pitymys bavaricus (Groombridge 1994)
1996	-	Extinct (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range

Range Description:

Microtus bavaricus was previously known from only one location in the district of Garmish-Partenkirchen, Bavaria.

Countries:

Native:

Austria

Regionally extinct:

Germany

Population

Population:	The last record of the species at the Garmish-Partenkirchen site was in 1962. However, more recently a population apparently belonging to this taxon was discovered in Northern Tyrol, Austria.
Population Trend:

Habitat and Ecology

System:

Terrestrial; Freshwater; Marine

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Haring, E., Herzig-Straschil, B. and Spitzenberger, F. 2000. Phylogenetic analysis of Alpine voles of the Microtus multiplex complex using the mitochondrial control region. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 38:231-238.

Hutterer, R. 2001. Bavarian pine vole still alive. Oryx. 35(3): 185.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 2002. 2002 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Downloaded on 8 October 2002.

Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.

Pucek, Z. 1989. A preliminary report on threatened rodents in Europe. In: W.Z. Lidicker Jr. (ed.) Rodents: A World Survey of Species of Conservation Concern. Occasional paper of the IUCN/SSC No. 4. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Citation:	Gippoliti, S. 2002. Microtus bavaricus. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 12 May 2008.
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