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Microtus arvalis (common vole)
Taxonomy
Mus arvalis was named by Pallas (1779) [also said to be 1778]. It is extant. It is the type species of Microtus.
It was recombined as Microtus arvalis by Hay (1902), Bell and Bever (2006), Galewski et al. (2006).
It was recombined as Microtus arvalis by Hay (1902), Bell and Bever (2006), 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 |
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| 1779 | Mus arvalis Pallas |
| 1902 | Microtus arvalis Hay p. 728 |
| 2006 | Microtus arvalis Bell and Bever p. 376 |
| 2006 | Microtus arvalis Galewski et al. |
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Microtus arvalis Pallas 1779 [common vole]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (63 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy (Verona) | Microtus arvalis (43644) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Germany (Thüringen) | Microtus arvalis (45068) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Microtus arvalis (49993 49994 49995 49997) | |
| Pleistocene | France (Haute-Normandie Region) | Microtus arvalis (36426) | |
| Pleistocene | Italy (Verona) | Microtus arvalis (43656) | |
| Pleistocene | Spain (Segovia) | Microtus arvalis (36452 36517 36518 36519 36520 36521 36522 36523) | |
| Pleistocene | Belgium | Microtus arvalis (34127) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Verona) | Microtus arvalis (43643 43645 43649 43650 43653 43655) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | France (Limousin Region) | Microtus arvalis (36429) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Greece (Chios) | Microtus arvalis (204077) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Hungary | Microtus arvalis (35045 35047 36706) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Castilla-Leon) | Microtus arvalis (34927) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Trieste) | Microtus arvalis (43701 43704 43705) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Microtus arvalis (36013 36015 49999 50056) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Norfolk) | Microtus arvalis (49816) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Türkiye (Central Anatolia) | Microtus arvalis (34368) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain | Microtus arvalis (34926) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Microtus arvalis (34981) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | France (Limousin region) | Microtus arvalis (36428 36437 36438 36439) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Abruzzo) | Microtus arvalis (68336) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Trieste) | Microtus arvalis (43702) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece | Microtus arvalis (203847 204954) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain (Arrasate) | Microtus arvalis (191758) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Microtus arvalis (43619 43628 43629 43631) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Pella) | Microtus arvalis (204957) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Ukraine | Microtus arvalis (68298) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | France | Microtus arvalis (43630) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Hungary (Barany) | Microtus arvalis (35462 197461) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Microtus arvalis (184245) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Serres) | Microtus arvalis (204956) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnese) | Microtus arvalis (204955) | |
| Holocene | Netherlands | Microtus arvalis (55533) | |
| Holocene | Spain | Microtus arvalis (199942) |