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
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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033872Original 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; populations identified as A. amphibius from Azerbaijan were shown to be sister to A. persicus, but these populations may represent a distinct species
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):87-89. a#58853 · Kryštufek, B., Koren, T., Engelberger, S., Horváth, G.F., Purger, J.J., Arslan, A., Chişamera, G. and Murariu, D. 2015. Fossorial morphotype does not make a species in water voles. Mammalia 79(3):293-303. doi:10.1515/mammalia-2014-0059 · Mahmoudi, A., Maul, L.C., Khoshyar, M., Darvish, J., Aliabadian, M. and 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. doi:10.1515/mammalia-2018-0178 · Chevret, P., Renaud, S., Helvaci, Z., Ulrich, R.G., Quéré, J.-P. and 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 58(4):1323-1334. doi:10.1111/jzs.12384 · Bulycheva, S. V., Markova, E. A., Yalkovskaya, L. E., Nadirli, L. V., & Borodin, A. V. Phylogenetic relationships of water voles (Arvicola, Rodentia) of Azerbaijan according to the cytochrome b gene.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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