Middendorff's vole

Middendorff's vole (Alexandromys middendorffi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.^[2] It is found only in Russia, most commonly north Siberia.^[1]

Middendorff's vole
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Arvicolinae
Genus:	Alexandromys
Species:	A. middendorffi
Binomial name
Alexandromys middendorffi (Poliakov, 1881)
Synonyms[1][2]
Arvicola middendorfii Poljakov, 1881 Microtus middendorffi (Poliakov, 1881) [orth. error] Microtus middendorffii (Poljakov, 1881) hyperboreus Vinogradov, 1934 obscurus (Middendorff, 1853) ryphaeus Heptner, 1948 swerevi Skalon, 1935 tasensis Skalon, 1935 uralensis Skalon, 1935

The common name commemorates Alexander Theodor von Middendorff (1815–1894), a German–Russian naturalist who traveled extensively in Siberia. It is also known as the north Siberian vole or Altai vole.^[3]

This vole, along with Stenocranius gregalis, is one of the primary preys of the Arctic fox on the Yamal Peninsula.^[4]