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Arvicola amphibius (European water vole)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mus amphibius Linnaeus p. 61
1911Arvicola amphibius Thomas p. 147

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
genusArvicolaLacépède 1799
speciesamphibius()

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.

Arvicola amphibius Linnaeus 1758 [European water vole]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-04-17 11:21:52
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:21:52
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Gingerich 2003, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kazakhstan Arvicola amphibius (76289)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Arvicola amphibius (78015)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Arvicola amphibius (49816)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Arrasate) Arvicola amphibius (191758)