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Microtus ochrogaster (prairie vole)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Hypudaeus ochrogaster Wagner
1955Microtus (Pedomys) ochrogaster Hibbard p. 216
1959Microtus ochrogaster Hall and Kelson
1967Microtus ochrogaster Wilson p. 210
1974Pitymys ochrogaster Martin
1980Microtus ochrogaster Kurten and Anderson p. 262
1983Pitymys ochrogaster Repenning
1988Pitymys ochrogaster Repenning and Grady
1990Pedomys ochrogaster Pfaff
2006Microtus ochrogaster Bell and Bever p. 376
2006Microtus ochrogaster Galewski et al.

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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
genusMicrotusSchrank 1798
speciesochrogaster(Wagner 1842)

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 ochrogaster Wagner 1842 [prairie vole]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

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

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 1.40000 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Oklahoma) Pedomys ochrogaster (20157)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Microtus ochrogaster (20165 20168 20312 20315 20332 20516) Pedomys ochrogaster (20422 20423 20424)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Nebraska) Microtus ochrogaster (20143 20380)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.4 - 0.014USA (Kansas) Microtus ochrogaster (20492)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Pedomys ochrogaster (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Microtus ochrogaster (104758 124089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Microtus ochrogaster (93140)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Microtus ochrogaster (20617)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Indiana) Microtus ochrogaster (20600)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Microtus ochrogaster (93379)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Microtus ochrogaster (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Microtus ochrogaster (200485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Pitymys ochrogaster (76059)