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Lemmiscus curtatus (sagebrush vole)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Arvicola curtata was named by Cope (1868). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lagurus curtatus by Thomas (1912), Borell and Ellis (1934), Hall (1946), Kelson (1951), Hall and Cockrum (1953), Dearden and Lee (1955), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Hall (1981); it was recombined as Microtus curtatus by Anthony (1913); it was recombined as Lemmiscus curtatus by Goldman (1941) and Wood and Barnosky (1994).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Arvicola pauperrima Cooper
1868Arvicola curtata Cope
1877Arvicola decurtata Coues
1888Arvicola pallidus Merriam
1912Lagurus curtatus Thomas
1913Microtus curtatus Anthony
1934Lagurus curtatus Borell and Ellis
1941Lemmiscus curtatus Goldman
1946Lagurus curtatus Hall
1951Lagurus curtatus Kelson
1953Lagurus curtatus Hall and Cockrum
1955Lagurus curtatus Dearden and Lee
1980Lagurus curtatus Kurten and Anderson p. 263
1981Lagurus curtatus Hall
1994Lemmiscus curtatus Wood and Barnosky

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusLemmiscusThomas 1912
speciescurtatus(Cope 1868)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lemmiscus curtatus Cope 1868 [sagebrush vole]
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Invalid names: Arvicola decurtata Coues 1877 [synonym], Arvicola pallidus Merriam 1888 [synonym], Arvicola pauperrima Cooper 1868 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available