Alexandromys fortis

(Büchner, 1890)

Reed Vole

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Tribe : Microtini
Genus : Alexandromys
Subgenus : Alexandromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Büchner, E. 1890-06-15. Wissenschaftliche Resultate der von N. M. Przewalski nach Central-Asien unternommenen Reisen. Zoologischer Theil. Band I. Säugethiere. Lieferung 3. Pp. 89–136 in Büchner, E. 1889-01-02. Wissenschaftliche Resultate der von N. M. Przewalski nach Central-Asien unternommenen Reisen. Zoologischer Theil. Band I. Säugethiere. Lieferung 2. Pp. 49–88 in Büchner, E. 1894. Wissenschaftliche Resultate der von N. M. Przewalski nach Central-Asien unternommenen Reisen. Zoologischer Theil. Band I. Säugethiere. Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Saint Petersburg, 232 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56758201

Original name as described

Microtus fortis

Other common names

Yangtze Vole

Type material

ZIN S. 2250

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

left bank of the Huang Ho [=Yellow] River, Inner Mongolia, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Mongolia · Russia · North Korea · South Korea

Taxonomy notes

moved from Microtus to Alexandromys

Taxonomy notes citation

Liu, S., Jin, W., Liu, Y., Murphy, R. W., Lv, B., Hao, H., ... & Fu, J. (2016). Taxonomic position of Chinese voles of the tribe Arvicolini and the description of 2 new species from Xizang, China. Journal of Mammalogy, gyw170.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002026

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Microtus fortis

(Büchner, 1890)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fortis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 2250

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

99

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56758201

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Musser & Carleton (1993:521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  7. Smith & Xie (2008:230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  8. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus calamorum

(O. Thomas, 1902)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

calamorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.6.21.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/88d5dd88-40e1-42fb-9351-6f35039e0faa

Authority page

167

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19338968

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1911:174, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252002) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14044)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus michnoi

(Kastschenko, 1910)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

michnoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 15982

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

288

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8093091

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus pelliceus

(O. Thomas, 1911)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pelliceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1891.6.29.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/35abdce9-5243-4ec6-949e-eea4839a96d9

Authority page

383

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15815099

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus calamorum superus

(O. Thomas, 1911)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

superus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.6.1.45

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b15790ce-eb9b-4e03-b78d-627ff01beb95

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252473

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus dolichocephalus

(Mori, 1930)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dolichocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

420

Authority publication

Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Microtus fortis uliginosus

(J. K. Jones & D. H. Johnson, 1955)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

uliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:298078

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32e16fc6a-56c1-49f6-a992-842edb2b3aca

Authority page

193

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34549675

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus fortis fujianensis

(Hong Zhenfan, 1981)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fujianensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FRIED 01710

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

445

Authority publication

Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Microtus fortis calamorum

(A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

calamorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

231

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Microtus fortis dolichocephalus

(A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dolichocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

231

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Microtus fortis fortis

(A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fortis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

231

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Microtus fortis pelliceus

(A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pelliceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

231

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Alexandromys fortis calamorum

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

calamorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

330

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alexandromys fortis dolichocephalus

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dolichocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

330

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alexandromys fortis

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fortis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

330

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000009) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000009) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002026) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13430/115112605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  7. Abramson, Skalon, Bondareva, Bodrov, Petrova & Dvoyashov (2025:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68651)

Alexandromys fortis fortis

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fortis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

330

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alexandromys fortis fujianensis

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fujianensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

330

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alexandromys fortis michnoi

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

michnoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

330

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alexandromys fortis uliginosus

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

uliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

330

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

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