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Arvicola

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Arvicola was named by Lacépède (1799). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Microtus by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Lemnina by Gray (1825); to Cricetidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Arvicolini by Galewski et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Arvicola Lacépède p. 10
1825Arvicola Gray p. 342
1997Arvicola McKenna and Bell
2006Arvicola Galewski et al.

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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
genusArvicolaLacépède 1799

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.

G. Arvicola Lacépède 1799
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Arvicola amphibius Linnaeus 1758 [European water vole]
Arvicola terrestris Linnaeus 1758 [European water vole]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Gingerich 2003

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (104 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kazakhstan A. amphibius (76289)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774United Kingdom A. sp. (34980 34982)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774France (Auvergne) A. nageri, A. sp. (47830)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary (Barany) A. bactonensis (35442) A. sp. (35459)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Netherlands A. terrestris (189574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Spain (Granada) A. deucalion (34460)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) A. sp. (93526)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Belgium A. cantiana (34127)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) A. terrestris (34940)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) A. sp. (183123)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) A. deucalion (36760)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Israel A. sp. (225664)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy (Verona) A. sp. (43656)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117China (Yunnan) A. sp. (36587)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Spain (Segovia) A. sapidus (36518)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Malta A. amphibia (190860)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117France (Haute-Normandie Region) A. terrestris (36426)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) A. cantianus (50242)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Germany (Bayern) A. terrestris (52521)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) A. deucalion (34128)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Niedersachsen) A. cantianus (50249)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Barany) A. bactonensis (35467) A. cantiana (35463 35464 35465 35466 35468)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Castilla-Leon) A. sapidus (34927)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Provence) A. mosbachensis (48889 48891)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Kazakhstan A. terrestris (40496)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Haute-Normandie Region) A. terrestris (36391)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) A. amphibius (78015)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) A. glabeolus, A. gravalis, A. gregalis, A. amphibius (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Trieste) A. cantiana, A. sp. (43704) A. terrestris (43705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Limousin Region) A. terrestris (36429)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Molise) A. mosbachensis (44092)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Vicenza) A. grenii (43697) A. praeceptor (43665 43691 43693 43694 43696) A. sp. (43666)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary A. sp. 1 (35047 36706) A. sp. 2 (35045)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Limousin region) A. terrestris (36428 36437 36438 36439)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) A. cantianus (50196 50198) A. terrestris (49999)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Netherlands A. cantianus (49998)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Türkiye (Central Anatolia) A. flavicollis, A. cantiana (34368)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Romania A. cantianus (40260 40263)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Granada) A. mosbachensis (34463 34985) A. sapidus (34842)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) A. cantianus (50199 50259)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Bayern) A. cantianus (50260)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Verona) A. bactonensis (43655) A. cantiana (43645) A. praeceptor (43664) A. praeceptor, A. sp. (43653) A. sp. (43649 43650 43651)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Austria (Niederoesterreich) A. cantianus (50258)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Chios) A. praeceptor (204077)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece A. mosbachensis (187637 199938 199939 199940)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Syria A. jordanica (34105)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain A. sapidus (34926)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco A. terrestris (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece A. terrestris (203847 204954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Ukraine A. terrestris (68298)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France A. terrestris (43630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Serres) A. terrestris (204956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Vicenza) A. sp. (43689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Pella) A. cantiana (204957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) A. terrestris (43619 43628 43629 43631)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) A. cantiana (93828)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Montana) A. richardsonii (162132)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal A. sp. (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Arrasate) A. sapidus, A. amphibius (191758)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) A. terrestris (197461)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands A. terrestris (55533)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Montana) A. richardsonii (162133)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Scotland) A. terrestris (191169)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain A. sapidus (199942)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Italy (Vicenza) A. italica (43667)