Arvicola persicus

De Filippi, 1865

Persian 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

Authority citation

De Filippi, F. 1865. Note di un viaggio in Persia nel 1862. G. Daelli & C., Milan, 396 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=nDFEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA344

Original name as described

Arvicola amphybius var persica

Type material

MRSN (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Soltaniyeh on the plateau S of the Alborz Mts, Iran.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Iran · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Georgia · Iraq · Turkey

Taxonomy notes

split from A. amphibius

Taxonomy notes citation

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002040

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 amphybius var persica

De Filippi, 1865

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

persicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MRSN (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

344

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=nDFEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA344

Authority publication

Milan

Name usages

  1. De Filippi (1865:344, https://books.google.com/books?id=nDFEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69095)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Nesokia argyropus

(Cabrera, 1901)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

argyropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNCN 1405

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

118

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1743171

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus terrestris armenius

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

armenius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.6.4.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/28bf332c-6c90-46f0-ac6c-674666f8393f

Authority page

201

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413442

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus terrestris persicus

(Satunin, 1908)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

persicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58466508

Authority publication

Mitteilungen des Kaukasischen Museums

Name usages

Satunin (1908:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58466508) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44143)

Arvicola amphibius persicus

Dal', 1945

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

persicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

61

Authority publication

Зоологический сборник

Name usages

Dal' (1945:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68601)

Arvicola persicus

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

persicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

188

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

  1. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002040) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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