Microtus kirgisorum (Ognev, 1950). [Mamm. U.S. S. R., Adjac. Count.], Acad. Sci. Moscow, vol. 7, p. 181. TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., Kazakh. S.S. R., Dzhambulsk. Obi., Kirgizsk. (=Aleksandrovsk.) Ridge, Tuyuk Valley. DISTRIBUTION: S. Kazakhstan, Kirgiziya, Tadzhikistan, and S.E. Turkmenia (U.S. S. R.); probably N. Afghanistan. COMMENT: Subgenus Microtus; see Ognev, 1950. Considered a synonym of ilaeus, (= M. arvalis ilaeus) by Corbet, 1978:114, and Malygin and Deulin, 1979, Zool. Zh., 58:731-741; but Meier and Yatsenko, 1980, Zool. Zh., 59(2):283-288, provided evidence of specific distinctness and validity of the name. See also comment under arvalis.

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Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 4), pp. 477-504 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 493, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353034