Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combination: Mus arvalis
Belongs to Microtus according to C. J. Bell and G. S. Bever 2006
See also Galewski et al. 2006 and Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Arvicola didelta, Arvicola involuta, Microtus (Stenocranius), Microtus (Tyrrhenicola), Microtus agrestis, Microtus australis, Microtus brecciensis, Microtus bucharicus, Microtus californicus, Microtus chrotorrhinus, Microtus drummondi, Microtus duodecimcostatus, Microtus eleniae, Microtus epimticeps, Microtus guatemalensis, Microtus guentheri, Microtus guildayi, Microtus hibbardi, Microtus irene, Microtus kikuchii, Microtus leucurus, Microtus llanensis, Microtus longicaudus, Microtus mandarinus, Microtus meadensis, Microtus mexicanus, Microtus middendorffi, Microtus miguelensis, Microtus miurus, Microtus montanus, Microtus morlani, Microtus oaxacensis, Microtus ochrogaster, Microtus oeconomus, Microtus paroperarius, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Microtus pinetorum, Microtus quasiater, Microtus richardsoni, Microtus rossiaemeridionalis, Microtus umbrosus, Microtus xanthognathus, Pitymys mcnowni, Pitymys aratai, Pitymys cumberlandensis, Pitymys nemoralis, Pitymys parvulus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), France (11), Germany (5), Greece (7), Hungary (5), Italy (13), the Netherlands (1), Spain (12), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 63 collections including 64 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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