Volemys millicens (Thomas 1911) [Microtus] millicens Thomas 1911, Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911 (100): 49. Type Locality: China, NW Sichuan, Weichoe, Si-ho River Valley, 12,000 ft (3658 m). Vernacular Names: Sichuan Vole. Distribution: Known only from the type locality and SE Xizang, Tibet (Feng et al., 1986). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Detailed descriptions provided by Thomas (1911 e), G. M. Allen (1940), and Ellerman (1961); Lawrence (1982) described traits that distinguish it from V. musseri. Gromov and Polyakov (1977) provisionally allocated millicens to subgenus Neodon of Microtus. Feng et al. (1986) identified ten specimens from SE Xizang (Tibet) as millicens, although their measurements average larger than those of the type series (compare Feng et al., 1986:396, with Lawrence, 1982:16). All of the Tibetan specimens are morphologically similar to V. millescens, not V. musseri, according to Darrin Lunde (pers. comm., 2004) who examined the sample at IZAS in Beijing. The locality of millicens mapped by Zhang et al. (1997) in S Yunnan needs verification; the site is more plausible for Microtus clarkei.

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, pp. 955-1189 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1039, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535