Arvicola sapidus

G. S. Miller, 1908

Southwestern 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

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1908-02-01. Eighteen new European voles. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)1(2):194-206.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295904

Original name as described

Arvicola sapidus

Other common names

Southern Water Vole

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1908.8.4.115

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bd77b93a-b588-402a-89bd-b75bab5c7c9b

Type locality

"Santo Domingo de Silos, Province of Burgos, Spain."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Portugal · Spain · France

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002041

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 tenebricus

G. S. Miller, 1908

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tenebricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.1.21.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a6a44f31-3ef6-49a3-a8bf-fbcb0aeb6733

Authority page

196

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295905

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Arvicola sapidus

G. S. Miller, 1908

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sapidus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.8.4.115

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bd77b93a-b588-402a-89bd-b75bab5c7c9b

Authority page

195

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295904

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002041) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2150/9290712) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Arvicola sapidus aupsensis

Rădulescu, 1989

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

aupsensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

GC 002

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

329

Authority publication

Miscellanea Speologica Romanica

Arvicola sapidus sapidus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sapidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

318

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola sapidus tenebricus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tenebricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

318

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus musiniani

(Lataste, 1884)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

musiniani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

37

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26188032

Authority publication

Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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