Alexandromys maximowiczii

(Schrenck, 1859)

Maximowicz's 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

Reisen und Forsch., <i>in</i> Säugeth. Amurlande St. Petersburg., vol. 1, 140

Original name as described

Arvicola maximowiczii

Type material

ZIN S. 69624

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

mouth of Omutnaya River, upper Amur Region, Chita Oblast, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Mongolia · China

Taxonomy notes

previously included gromovi (now A. shantaricus) and does not included A. evoronensis and A. mujanensis, which are sometimes treated under this species; moved from Microtus to Alexandromys

Taxonomy notes citation

Sheremetyeva, I. N., Kartavtseva, I. V., Voyta, L. L., Kryukov, A. P., & Haring, E. (2009). Morphometric analysis of intraspecific variation in Microtus maximowiczii (Rodentia, Cricetidae) in relation to chromosomal differentiation with reinstatement of Microtus gromovi Vorontsov, Boeskorov, Lyapunova et Revin, 1988, stat. nov. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 47(1), 42-48. · 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. · Lissovsky, A. A., Petrova, T. V., Yatsentyuk, S. P., Golenishchev, F. N., Putincev, N. I., Kartavtseva, I. V., ... & Abramson, N. I. (2018). Multilocus phylogeny and taxonomy of East Asian voles Alexandromys (Rodentia, Arvicolinae). Zoologica Scripta, 47(1), 9-20.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002030

Country distribution map

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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.

Arvicola maximowiczii

(Schrenck, 1859)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

maximowiczii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 69624

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

140

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus maximowiczi

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

maximowiczi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

162

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Microtus maximowiczii

(Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

maximowiczii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

493, 494

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:493, 494) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Alexandromys maximowiczii

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

maximowiczii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

329

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000012) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000012) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13442/115113061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Alexandromys maximowiczii maximowiczii

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

maximowiczii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

329

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alexandromys maximowiczii ungurensis

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ungurensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

329

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus michnoi var. ungurensis

(Kastschenko, 1912)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ungurensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

418

Authority publication

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

Name usages

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

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