INVASION OF <i>MICROTUS ROSSIAEMERIDIONALIS</i> ON TERRITORY OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST
For the first time in the south of the Far East Russia, Khabarovsk territory, in urbanized biotopes of vicinities of the city of Sovietskaja Gavan and two nearby settlements an East European vole Microtus rossiaemeridionalis Ognev, 1924 has been found. The species definition has been carried out both by chromosomal – 2n=54, NF=56, C-banding and morphological characteristics – body, cranium, baculum and sperms. Keywords: East European voles, Microtus rossiaemeridionalis, invasion.