Alticola
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Alticola is a genus of rodent
Rodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....

 in the family Cricetidae
Cricetidae
The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, and New World rats and mice...

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It contains the following species:
  • Subgenus Alticola
    • White-tailed Mountain Vole
      White-tailed Mountain Vole
      The White-tailed Mountain Vole is a species of vole in the family Cricetidae. It is found in India and Pakistan....

       (Alticola albicauda)
    • Silver Mountain Vole
      Silver Mountain Vole
      The Silver Mountain Vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in the Tien Shan and Pamir mountains of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China, and Pakistan....

       (Alticola argentatus)
    • Gobi Altai Mountain Vole
      Gobi Altai Mountain Vole
      The Gobi Altai Mountain Vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It can be found in China, Mongolia, and the Russian Federation....

       (Alticola barakshin)
    • Central Kashmir Vole
      Central Kashmir Vole
      The Central Kashmir Vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found only in India and Pakistan....

       (Alticola montosa)
    • Royle's Mountain Vole
      Royle's Mountain Vole
      Royle's Mountain Vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in China and India....

       (Alticola roylei)
    • Mongolian Silver Vole
      Mongolian Silver Vole
      The Mongolian Silver Vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found only in Mongolia....

       (Alticola semicanus)
    • Stoliczka's Mountain Vole
      Stoliczka's Mountain Vole
      Stolička's or Stoliczka's Mountain Vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in China, Pakistan, India, and Nepal....

       (Alticola stoliczkanus)
    • Tuva Silver Vole
      Tuva Silver Vole
      The Tuva Silver Vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Mongolia and Russian Federation....

       (Alticola tuvinicus)
  • Subgenus Aschizomys
    • Lemming Vole
      Lemming Vole
      The Lemming Vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Russian Federation....

       (Alticola lemminus)
    • Large-eared Vole
      Large-eared Vole
      The Large-eared Vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Mongolia and Russian Federation....

       (Alticola macrotis)
    • Lake Baikal Mountain Vole
      Lake Baikal Mountain Vole
      The Lake Baikal or Olkhon Mountain Vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found principally on the Olkhon and Ogoi islands on Lake Baikal. While it was originally described as a species, Pavlinov and Rossolimo reassigned it as a subspecies of A. tuvinicus in 1987 before...

       (Alticola olchonensis)
  • Subgenus Platycranius
    • Flat-headed Vole
      Flat-headed Vole
      The Flat-headed Vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russian Federation....

      (Alticola strelzowi)
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