Arvicola amphibius

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Eurasian Water Vole

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Original name as described

Mus amphibius

Other common names

European Water Vole · Water Vole

Type locality

England.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

United Kingdom · Portugal · Spain · France · Switzerland · Belgium · Netherlands · Germany · Denmark · Luxembourg · Liechtenstein · Italy · Austria · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Montenegro · Serbia · Kosovo · Albania · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Hungary · Slovakia · Czech Republic · Poland · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Norway · Sweden · Finland · Russia · Georgia · Azerbaijan · Turkey · Iran · Kazakhstan · China · Mongolia

Taxonomy notes

previously included A. italicus and A. persicus; monticola (also known as sherman and terrestris) is often considered a distinct species but recent molecular and morphological data support it as a subspecies/synonym of A. amphibius

Taxonomy notes citation

Gippoliti, S. (2012). The name of the Italian water vole Arvicola cf. amphibius (Linnaeus, 1758). Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 23(2), 88-90. · Kryštufek, B., Koren, T., Engelberger, S., Horváth, G. F., Purger, J. J., Arslan, A., ... & Murariu, D. (2015). Fossorial morphotype does not make a species in water voles. Mammalia, 79(3), 293-303. · Mahmoudi, A., Maul, L. C., Khoshyar, M., Darvish, J., Aliabadian, M., & Kryštufek, B. (2020). Evolutionary history of water voles revisited: Confronting a new phylogenetic model from molecular data with the fossil record. Mammalia, 84(2), 171-184. · Chevret, P., Renaud, S., Helvaci, Z., Ulrich, R. G., Quéré, J. P., & Michaux, J. R. (2020). Genetic structure, ecological versatility, and skull shape differentiation in Arvicola water voles (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 00, 1-12.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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