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Microtus leucurus

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy

Phaiomys leucurus was named by Blyth (1863). It is extant.

It was recombined as Microtus leucurus by Galewski et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

M. arvalidens, M. arvalinus, M. arvalissocialis, M. arvaloides, M. brandti, M. burgondiae, M. coronensis, M. dehmi, M. dentatus, M. epiratticeps, M. fatioi, M. fortis, M. gregalis, M. gregalis, M. gregaloides, M. hintoni, M. incertus, M. machintoni, M. malei, M. mccowni, M. mongolicus, M. montebelli, M. nivalinus, M. nivalis, M. nivalis, M. nivaloides, M. oeconomus, M. pennsylvaniaus, M. pitymyoides, M. ratticepoides, M. ratticeps, M. sandayensis, M. savii, M. seseae, M. subnivalis, M. subterraneus, M. thomasi, M. zanthognathus, M. burgondiae, M. chalinei, M. nutiensis, M. ruffoi, M. rufoi, M. arvalinus, M. nivalis, M. lachutensis, M. lakhutensis, M. gregaloides, M. hintoni, M. subterraneus, M. gregalis, M. gregaloides, M. arvalidens, M. arvaloides, M. gregaloides, M. hintoni, M. savii, M. hensel

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1863	Phaiomys leucurus Blyth
2006	Microtus leucurus Galewski et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia	Bowdich 1821
family	Cricetidae	Fischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamily	Arvicolinae	()
tribe	Arvicolini	Giebel 1855
genus	Microtus	Schrank 1798
species	leucurus	(Blyth 1863)

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.

Microtus leucurus Blyth 1863

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingg

Diet:

herbivoreo

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2012-05-15 12:44:05

Modified:

2012-05-14 21:44:05

Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Lillegraven 1979

Collections

No collection or age range data are available