Alticola barakshin - #4779

Gobi Altai Mountain Vole
Geographic Distribution

Low to middle altitudes in Tuva region (Kyzyl Valley), Russia; southward through Gobi and Mongol Altais, rocky outcrops over transAltai Gobi Desert and Barun Khurai Valley, to S Mongolia and adjacent China.

Order/Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Alticola
Specific Epithet
barakshin
Image Location
Germany, Berlin, Tierpark Berlin
Image Date
15 August 1982
Photographer
KD Rudloff