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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
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
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

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