Short review on ecology and distribution of Microtus tatricus (Kratochvíl, 1952) in Slovakia

  • M. Jurčovičová Institute of high mountain biology, Tatranská Javorina SK-059 56, Slovak Republic
  • M. Rudá Department of zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University, Slovak Republic
Keywords: Microtus tatricus, ecology, distribution, Slovakia

Abstract

Microtus tatricus (Tatra vole) is an endemic and pleistocene relict of the Western Carpathians. It was described in 1952 by Kratochvíl from Veľká Studená dolina Valley in the Vysoké Tatry Mountains (Kratochvíl 1952). At first it was classified as a species of genus Pitymys McMurtrie, 1831, but currently it is classified as a species of genus Microtus Schrank, 1798 and belongs to subgenus Terricola Fatio, 1867. Historically, the very first record is from the Early Holocene from the Veľká Fatra Mts. in Slovakia (Dudich et al. 1981).

Published
2006-12-01
How to Cite
Jurčovičová, M., & Rudá, M. (2006). Short review on ecology and distribution of Microtus tatricus (Kratochvíl, 1952) in Slovakia. Oecologia Montana, 15(1-2), 38-39. Retrieved from https://om.vuvb.uniza.sk/index.php/OM/article/view/192