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Microtus nivalis

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
Arvicola didelta, Arvicola involuta, M. agrestis, M. arvalis, M. australis, M. brecciensis (syn. M. mediterraneus), M. bucharicus, M. californicus (syn. M. scirpensis, Arvicola trowbridgii, Arvicola edax), M. chrotorrhinus, M. drummondi, M. duodecimcostatus, M. eleniae, M. epimticeps, M. guatemalensis, M. guentheri, M. guildayi (syn. Arvicola sigmodus, Arvicola tetradelta, Arvicola speothen, M. involutus), M. hibbardi, M. irene, M. kikuchii, M. leucurus, M. llanensis, M. longicaudus (syn. M. macrurus, M. cautus, M. angusticeps, Arvicola mordax, M. vellerosus, Arvicola alticolus, Arvicola leucophaeus), M. mandarinus, M. meadensis, M. mexicanus (syn. Arvicola phaeus, M. fulviventer, Arvicola mogollonensis), M. middendorffi, M. miguelensis, M. miurus, M. montanus (syn. Arvicola nanus, M. nevadensis, Arvicola longirostris, M. dutcheri), M. morlani, M. oaxacensis, M. ochrogaster, M. oeconomus, M. paroperarius, M. pennsylvanicus (syn. Arvicola riparius), M. pinetorum, M. quasiater, M. richardsoni, M. rossiaemeridionalis, M. umbrosus, M. xanthognathus, Pitymys aratai, Pitymys cumberlandensis, Pitymys mcnowni, Pitymys nemoralis, Pitymys parvulus
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. arvalissocialis, M. dentatus, M. fatioi, M. gregalis, M. gregaloides, M. mongolicus, M. nivaloides, M. ratticeps, M. savii, M. subterraneus, M. burgondiae, M. ruffoi, M. rufoi, M. subterraneus, M. hintoni, M. savii

Synonymy list
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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—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
subfamilyArvicolinae()
tribeArvicoliniGiebel 1855
genusMicrotusSchrank 1798
speciesnivalis

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy (Verona) Microtus nivalis (43656)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy Microtus nivalis (96718)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Poland Microtus nivalis (33874)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Trieste) Microtus nivalis (43701 43704 43705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Chios) Microtus nivalis (204077)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Verona) Microtus nivalis (43643 43649 43650)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Vicenza) Arvicola agrestis (43666)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnese) Microtus nivalis (204955)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Pella) Microtus nivalis (204957)