Microtus (Sumeriomys) socialis (Pallas, 1773), 2005

17. Social Vole, Microtus (Sumeriomys) socialis (Pallas, 1773) View in CoL

(IUCN Red List: LC)

The following records were in the past classified as M. socialis (see Brito et al. 2022) but the majority of them are probably referable to M. irani .

Distribution: Common in the plains, foothills and steppes of northern and southwestern Syria ( Fig. 22 View FIGURE 22 ).

Reported from desert of Sahara plains north of Damascus ( Tristram 1866, 1888), deserts south of Damascus ( Bodenheimer 1920), Aleppo ( Atallah 1978), between Sheizar and Mhardeh ( Kock & Nader 1983), Busra, Deir Khabeih Qal’at Al-Hosson, Qal’at Sheizar, Qal’at Samaan, Tell Mardiekh, Tell Ma’ez, Jarablus, Qal’at Al-Madiq ( Shehab et al. 2000), Hamah ( Kryštufek & Kefelioglu 2001), Tell Mardiekh, Athar Ma’ez, Shah Ranaz, Qal’at Al-Hosson, Deir Khabiah, el-Ukershe (Shehab et al. 2004), Muzirib, Khrab Al Shaham, Kharabow ( Shehab 2005), Jub Al-Ghar ( Shehab et al. 2006a), and Yahmool ( Shehab & Charabi 2006).