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Arvicola terrestris (European water vole)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Mus terrestris was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Arvicola terrestris by Thomas (1911), Boule and De Villeneuve (1927) and Galewski et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mus terrestris Linnaeus p. 61
1911Arvicola terrestris Thomas p. 147
1927Arvicola terrestris Boule and De Villeneuve p. 81
2006Arvicola terrestris 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()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
Eumuroida
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyArvicolinae()
tribeArvicoliniGiebel 1855
genusArvicolaLacépède 1799
speciesterrestris()

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 terrestris Linnaeus 1758 [European water vole]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available