Alexandromys mujanensis

(Orlov & Koval'skaya, 1978)

Muya Valley 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

Orlov, V.N. and Koval'skaya, Yu.M. 1978. _Microtus mujanensis_ sp. n. (Rodentia, Cricetidae) из бассейна реки Витим. Зоологический Журнал 57(8):1224-1232.

Original name as described

Microtus mujanensis

Other common names

Muisk Vole

Type material

ZMMU S-101826

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-101826

Type locality

Muja Valley, Vitim River Basin, Bauntovski District, Buryatia, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia

Taxonomy notes

has been included under A. maximowiczii, but it has been considered a distinct species in recent publications; 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. · 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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002034

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 mujanensis

(Orlov & Koval'skaya, 1978)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mujanensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-101826

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-101826

Authority page

1224

Authority publication

Зоологический Журнал

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 (2006:266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alexandromys mujanensis

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mujanensis

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 #13447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002034) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13447/115113665) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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