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Microtus californicus (California vole)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Arvicola californica was named by Peale (1848). It is extant.

It was recombined as Microtus californicus by Trouessart (1897), Bailey (1898), Bailey (1900), Elliot (1903), Kellogg (1918), Kellogg (1922), Grinnell (1926), Osgood (1928), Huey (1931), von Bloeker (1932), Hatfield (1935), von Bloeker (1937), Thaeler (1961), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hall (1981) and Albright (1999).

Synonyms
  • Arvicola edax was named by Le Conte (1853). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Microtus californicus by Hall (1981).
  • Arvicola trowbridgii was named by Baird (1858). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Microtus californicus by Hall (1981).
  • Microtus scirpensis was named by Bailey (1900). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Microtus californicus by Kellogg (1918) and Hall (1981).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Arvicola californica Peale
1853Arvicola edax Le Conte
1858Arvicola trowbridgii Baird
1897Microtus californicus Trouessart
1898Microtus californicus Bailey
1900Microtus californicus Bailey
1900Microtus scirpensis Bailey
1903Microtus californicus Elliot
1918Microtus californicus Kellogg
1922Microtus californicus Kellogg
1926Microtus californicus Grinnell
1928Microtus californicus Osgood
1931Microtus californicus Huey
1932Microtus californicus von Bloeker
1935Microtus californicus Hatfield
1937Microtus californicus von Bloeker
1961Microtus californicus Thaeler
1980Microtus californicus Kurten and Anderson p. 260
1981Microtus californicus Hall
1999Microtus californicus Albright

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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
genusMicrotusSchrank 1798
speciescalifornicus(Peale 1848)

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

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.77400 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Microtus californicus (237076)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Microtus californicus (20200 20244 20248 20386 20528) Microtus sp. (20178 20387 20454)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (New Mexico) Microtus californicus (20514) Phenacomys sp. (20505)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) Microtus californicus (20410)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (California) Microtus californicus (20323)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Microtus californicus (20639)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Microtus californicus (152007)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Microtus californicus (20623)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Microtus californicus (73752 106400 236636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Microtus californicus (155393)