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Microtus (vole)
Taxonomy
Microtus was named by Schrank (1798). It is extant. Its type is Mus arvalis. It is the type genus of Microtinae.
It was assigned to Muridae by Schultz and Howard (1935); to Microtinae by Hay (1902) and Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Arvicolidae by Shoshani et al. (1989); to Cricetidae by Schrank (1798), Wilson (1967) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Arvicolinae by Czaplewski et al. (2002) and Seymour (2004); and to Arvicolini by Galewski et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Muridae by Schultz and Howard (1935); to Microtinae by Hay (1902) and Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Arvicolidae by Shoshani et al. (1989); to Cricetidae by Schrank (1798), Wilson (1967) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Arvicolinae by Czaplewski et al. (2002) and Seymour (2004); and to Arvicolini by Galewski et al. (2006).
Species
Arvicola didelta, Arvicola involuta, M. (Stenocranius), M. (Tyrrhenicola), M. agrestis, M. arvalis, M. australis, M. brecciensis (syn. M. mediterraneus), M. bucharicus, M. californicus (syn. M. scirpensis, Arvicola edax, Arvicola trowbridgii), M. chrotorrhinus, M. drummondi, M. duodecimcostatus, M. eleniae, M. epimticeps, M. guatemalensis, M. guentheri, M. guildayi (syn. M. involutus, Arvicola speothen, Arvicola tetradelta, Arvicola sigmodus), M. hibbardi, M. irene, M. kikuchii, M. leucurus, M. llanensis, M. longicaudus (syn. Arvicola leucophaeus, M. cautus, M. angusticeps, Arvicola alticolus, Arvicola mordax, M. macrurus, M. vellerosus), M. mandarinus, M. meadensis, M. mexicanus (syn. M. fulviventer, Arvicola phaeus, Arvicola mogollonensis), M. middendorffi, M. miguelensis, M. miurus, M. montanus (syn. M. nevadensis, M. dutcheri, Arvicola nanus, Arvicola longirostris), 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
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1798 | Microtus Schrank |
1831 | Pitymys McMurtrie |
1858 | Pedomys Baird |
1863 | Phaiomys Blyth |
1867 | Terricola Fatio |
1871 | Arvicola didelta Cope |
1871 | Arvicola involuta Cope |
1871 | Arvicola didelta Cope p. 89 |
1896 | Microtus didelta Cope |
1899 | Microtus dideltus Cope |
1902 | Microtus Hay p. 728 |
1902 | Microtus didelta Hay p. 728 |
1912 | Pitymys Miller |
1933 | Blanfordimys Argyropulo |
1935 | Microtus Schultz and Howard p. 282 |
1967 | Microtus Wilson p. 210 |
1967 | Pitymys Wilson p. 210 |
1974 | Pitymys Martin |
1974 | Pitymys dideltus Martin |
1974 | Pitymys involutus Martin |
1978 | Microtus (Pedomys) van der Meulen |
1980 | Microtus Kurten and Anderson p. 258 |
1983 | Pitymys Repenning |
1985 | Pitymys Zakrzewski |
1988 | Pitymys Barnosky and Rasmussen |
1988 | Pitymys Repenning and Grady |
1989 | Microtus Shoshani et al. p. 436 |
1990 | Pedomys Pfaff |
1990 | Pitymys Pfaff |
1992 | Pedomys Repenning |
1995 | Pedomys Morgan and White |
1995 | Pitymys Morgan and White |
1997 | Microtus McKenna and Bell |
1997 | Pedomys McKenna and Bell |
1997 | Pitymys McKenna and Bell |
1997 | Terricola McKenna and Bell |
2002 | Microtus Czaplewski et al. p. 102 |
2004 | Microtus Seymour |
2006 | Microtus Galewski et al. |
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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. Microtus Schrank 1798 [vole]
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Subg. †Microtus (Stenocranius) Kastschenko 1901
Microtus agrestis Linnaeus 1761 [field vole]
Microtus arvalis Pallas 1779 [common vole]
†Microtus australis Martin 1995
†Microtus brecciensis Forsyth Major 1905
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Invalid names: Microtus mediterraneus Chaline 1967 [synonym]
Microtus bucharicus Vinogradov 1930
Microtus californicus Peale 1848 [California vole]
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Invalid names: Arvicola edax Le Conte 1853 [synonym], Arvicola trowbridgii Baird 1858 [synonym], Microtus scirpensis Bailey 1900 [synonym]
Microtus chrotorrhinus Miller 1894 [rock vole]
Microtus drummondi Audubon and Bachman 1854
Microtus duodecimcostatus de Sélys-Longchamps 1839
†Microtus eleniae van der Meulen and Doukas 2001
†Microtus epimticeps Young
Microtus guatemalensis Merriam 1898 [Guatemalan vole]
Microtus guentheri Danford and Alston 1880 [Günther's vole]
†Microtus guildayi van der Meulen 1978
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Invalid names: Arvicola sigmodus Cope 1871 [synonym], Arvicola speothen Cope 1871 [synonym], Arvicola tetradelta Cope 1871 [synonym], Microtus involutus Cope 1871 [synonym]
†Microtus hibbardi Holman 1959
Microtus irene Thomas 1911
Microtus kikuchii Kuroda 1920
Microtus leucurus Blyth 1863
†Microtus llanensis Hibbard 1944
Microtus longicaudus Merriam 1888 [long-tailed vole]
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Invalid names: Arvicola alticolus Merriam 1890 [synonym], Arvicola leucophaeus Allen 1894 [synonym], Arvicola mordax Merriam 1891 [synonym], Microtus angusticeps Bailey 1898 [synonym], Microtus cautus Allen 1899 [synonym], Microtus macrurus Merriam 1898 [synonym], Microtus vellerosus Allen 1899 [synonym]
Microtus mandarinus Milne-Edwards 1871
†Microtus meadensis Hibbard 1944
Microtus mexicanus Saussure 1861 [Mexican vole]
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Invalid names: Arvicola mogollonensis Mearns 1890 [synonym], Arvicola phaeus Merriam 1892 [synonym], Microtus fulviventer Merriam 1898 [synonym]
Microtus middendorffi Poliakov 1881
†Microtus miguelensis Guthrie 1998
Microtus miurus Osgood 1901
Microtus montanus Peale 1848 [montane vole]
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Invalid names: Arvicola longirostris Baird 1858 [synonym], Arvicola nanus Merriam 1891 [synonym], Microtus dutcheri Bailey 1898 [synonym], Microtus nevadensis Bailey 1898 [synonym]
†Microtus morlani Storer 2004
Microtus oaxacensis Goodwin 1966 [Tarabundi vole]
Microtus ochrogaster Wagner 1842 [prairie vole]
Microtus oeconomus Pallas 1776 [tundra vole]
†Microtus paroperarius Hibbard 1944
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 [meadow vole]
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Invalid names: Arvicola riparius Ord 1825 [synonym]
Microtus pinetorum Le Conte 1830 [woodland vole]
†Microtus quasiater Miller 1896
Microtus richardsoni De Kay 1842 [water vole]
Microtus rossiaemeridionalis Ognev 1924 [sibling vole]
Microtus umbrosus Merriam 1898 [Zempoaltepec vole]
Microtus xanthognathus Leach 1815 [taiga vole]
Invalid names: Arvicola didelta Cope 1871 [nomen dubium], Arvicola involuta Cope 1871 [nomen dubium], Blanfordimys Argyropulo 1933 [synonym], Neodon [synonym], Pedomys Baird 1858 [synonym], Phaiomys Blyth 1863 [synonym], Pitymys McMurtrie 1831 [synonym], Terricola Fatio 1867 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma
Collections (476 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Pliocene - Pleistocene | Hungary (Barany) | Pitymys hintoni (35473) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Tajikistan | Microtus lachutensis (34103) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Romania | Microtus arvalidens, Microtus gregaloides, Microtus nivalinus, Microtus nivaloides, Microtus ratticepoides (34008 34009) Microtus arvalidens, Microtus nivalinus (33975) Microtus hintoni, Microtus burgondiae (33974) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Hungary (Barany) | Microtus arvalinus, Microtus gregalis, Microtus ratticepoides, Pitymys arvalidens, Pitymys gregaloides (35457) Microtus arvalinus, Microtus nivalinus, Microtus nivaloides, Microtus ratticepoides, Microtus sp., Pitymys gregaloides, Pitymys arvalidens (35442) Microtus arvalinus, Microtus nivalinus, Microtus ratticepoides, Pitymys hintoni, Pitymys gregaloides, Pitymys arvalidens (35459) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnisos) | Microtus rufoi (34766) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy | Microtus chalinei, Microtus pliocaenicus (42867) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Microtus hintoni, Microtus arvaloides, Microtus nivaloides, Microtus ratticepoides, Microtus arvalinus, Microtus gregaloides (35905) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy (Verona) | Microtus nivalinus, Microtus arvalis, Pitymys sp., Allophaiomys ruffoi (43644) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Castilla-Leon) | Terricola arvalidens, Stenocranius gregaloides (34916) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands | Microtus sp., Microtus oeconomus, Microtus agrestis (189574) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Krasnodar. Kray) | Microtus sp. (41059) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greece (Macedonia) | Microtus pitymyoides (34783) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Ukraine | Microtus hintoni, Microtus oeconomus (41049) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy (Foggia) | Pitymys arvaloides (40995) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Germany (Thüringen) | Microtus arvalis (45068) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Ukraine (Rostovskaya Oblast') | Microtus hintoni, Microtus arvalinus, Microtus oeconomus (41060) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greece | Microtus nutiensis, Microtus eleniae (34767) Microtus sp. (34785 34786) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Turkey | Microtus nutiensis (39314) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greece (Kalymnos island) | Microtus sp. (34770) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Western Transbaikalia) | Microtus mongolicus, Pitymys sp., Microtus oeconomus (40266) |