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A general morphometrical analysis of the M1 was conducted to identify the subterranean vole species found in Upper Pleistocene localities from Serbia and Montenegro, and to clarify the systematic position and the phylogenetic relationships between the different species in the Balkans. From the different localities studied, we can assign one population toMicrotus (Terricola) thomasi and the others to theM. (T.) subterraneus group. This study suggests thatM. (T.) grafi can be considered as a chronological sub-species ofM. (T.) subterraneus or as a different but phylogenetically very close species.
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Brunet-Lecomte, P., Montuire, S. & Dimitrijevic, V. The Pleistocene subterranean volesTerricola (Rodentia) of Serbia and Montenegro. Paläontol Z 75, 189–196 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02988012
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