Alexandromys montebelli

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1872)

Japanese Grass 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 : incertae sedis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Milne-Edwards, A. 1872. [Livraisons 10-15]. Pp. 231–304 in Milne-Edwards, A. 1872-1874. Mémoire sur la Faune mammalogique du Tibet oriental, et principalement de la principauté de Moupin. Pp. 231–386 in Milne-Edwards, H. and Milne-Edwards, A. 1868-1874. Recherches pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des mammifères. Tome premier – Texte. G. Masson, Paris, 394 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524361

Original name as described

Arvicola Montebelli

Type locality

Fusiyama [= Mount Fuji], Honsu Island, Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

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/1002033

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.

Microtus montebelli brevicorpus

(Tokuda, 1933)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

brevicorpus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Tokuda collection 156

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

236

Authority publication

Annotationes Zoologicae Japonicae

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola hatanedzumi

(Sasaki, 1904)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hatanedzumi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

52

Authority publication

Bulletin of the College of Agriculture, Tokyo

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus Montebelloi

(Trouessart, 1897)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

montebelloi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

552

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435096

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus montebelli

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

montebelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

163

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Alexandromys montebelli

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

montebelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

333

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002033) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13446/115113547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Arvicola Montebelli

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1872)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

montebelli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

285

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524361

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

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