Pitymys is a subgenus of voles in the genus Microtus. Species in this subgenus are:

Pitymys
Microtus pinetorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Microtus
Subgenus: Pitymys
McMurtrie, 1831
Species

Microtus guatemalensis
Microtus oaxacensis
Microtus quasiater
Microtus pinetorum

Voles of this subgenus often show more adaptations for a fossorial mode of life.

References

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D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2005: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.