Chionomys nivalis

(Martins, 1842)

European Snow 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 : Chionomys
Subgenus : Chionomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rev. Zool. Paris, 331

Original name as described

Arvicola nivalis

Type locality

Faulhorn, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Spain · France · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Italy · Germany · Austria · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Montenegro · Albania? · North Macedonia · Kosovo · Serbia · Greece · Bulgaria · Slovakia · Romania · Ukraine · Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Turkey · Syria · Lebanon · Palestine · Iran · Turkmenistan

Taxonomy notes

the name syriacus, previously a synonym of Microtus socialis, has been shown to represent this species and is the oldest available name for the species; however, the name nivalis is used here until further notice, as a case has been submitted to the ICZN to use its plenary power to protect nivalis as changing the name will cause nomenclatural instability

Taxonomy notes citation

Kryštufek, B., Shenbrot, G., & Janžekovič, F. (2021). Long-standing taxonomic confusion over the identity of Hypudaeus syriacus Brants, 1827, at last resolved. Mammalia, 85(6), 603-611. · Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. (2022). Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor Press, Maribor. · International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. (2021). Notice of New Applications to the Commission (Case 3858–3862). The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 78(3), 166-166.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002044

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 hermonis

(G. S. Miller, 1908)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hermonis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1864.8.17.31

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/35ab96d9-be6d-4e43-8ce8-bf5c673f8404

Authority page

103

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295802

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus ulpius

(G. S. Miller, 1908)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ulpius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.2.2.48

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9086c63f-e916-482d-a82a-de465727645f

Authority page

100

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295799

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus pontius

(G. S. Miller, 1908)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pontius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.10.4.53

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ac152018-82e5-45b4-a621-440bdf2552ae

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295801

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus nivalis aquitanius

(G. S. Miller, 1908)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

aquitanius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.8.4.238

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a22351b8-459a-4c90-9704-5a638f8dc851

Authority page

99

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295798

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Chionomys nivalis wagneri

V. E. Martino & E. V. Martino, 1940

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

wagneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1937.4.16.41

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/929425cb-628f-4c5f-9561-c8743ddc98ef

Authority page

496

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Chionomys layi

A. E. Zykov, 2004

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

layi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:111842

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=2df3ede5-31d0-4e10-8ca4-7626032b86fa

Authority page

116-127

Authority publication

Праці Зоологічного музею КНУ імені Тараса Шевченка

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Chionomys) radnensis

(Éhik, 1942)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

radnensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

HNHM 4176.2

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

23

Authority publication

Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Hypudaeus nivicola

(H. R. Schinz, 1845)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nivicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:1291

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:1291

Authority page

236

Authority publication

Solothurn

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola leucurus

(Gerbe, 1852)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leucurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1852-153

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1852-153

Authority page

260

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2318852

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Chionomys) nivalis olympius

(Neuhäuser, 1936)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

olympius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Neuhäuser collection 2171

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45544882

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Chionomys nivalis spitzenbergerae

Nadachowski, 1990

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

spitzenbergerae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW 13271

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

82

Authority publication

Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Chionomys) nivalis cedrorum

(Spitzenberger in Felten, Spitzenberger, & Storch, 1973)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cedrorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TTMEU SZE 69/455

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

284

Authority publication

Senckenbergiana biologica

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Hypudaeus syriacus

(Brants, 1827)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

syriacus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 1816

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497034

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Chionomys) nivalis loginovi

(Ognev, 1950)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

loginovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-20723

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-20723

Authority page

448

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Chionomys) nivalis dementievi

(Heptner, 1939)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dementievi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-27579

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-27579

Authority page

192

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola Syriacus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

syriacus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

147

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Microtus nivalis

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nivalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

163

Authority publication

London

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. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Chionomys nivalis lebruni

Kratochvíl, 1981

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lebruni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

55

Authority publication

Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Academiae Scientiarum Bohemoslovacae Brno

Name usages

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

Chionomys nivalis

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nivalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Chionomys nivalis ulpius

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ulpius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

321

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Chionomys syriacus

International Union for the Conservation of Nature, 2024

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

syriacus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4659/115069366

Name usages

International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4659/115069366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Arvicola nivalis

(Martins, 1842)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nivalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

331

Authority publication

Revue zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne

Name usages

Blyth (1863:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534805) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Hypudaeus alpinus

(J. A. Wagner, 1843)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

alpinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

576

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31060803

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola lebrunii

(Crespon, 1844)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lebrunii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795693

Authority publication

Nîmes

Name usages

  1. Crespon (1844:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38970)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Hypudaeus petrophilus

(J. A. Wagner, 1853)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

petrophilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

307

Authority publication

Gelehrte Anzeigen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola (Hemiotomys) nivalis foss.

(Roger, 1887)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fossilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notintendedasascientific_name

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35769599

Authority publication

Bericht des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schwaben und Neuburg (a. V.)

Chionomys appenninicus

Forsyth Major in Giglioli, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

appenninicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

19

Authority publication

Pubblicazioni del R. Istituto di Studi Superiori Pratici e di Perfezionamento in Firenze

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Chionomys) nivalis satunini

(Shidlovsky, 1919)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

satunini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

37

Authority publication

Tiflis Bull. Ter. Exp. Stat.

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Chionomys) nivalis trialeticus

(Shidlovsky, 1919)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

trialeticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

37

Authority publication

Tiflis Bull. Ter. Exp. Stat.

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus nivalis malyi

(Bolkay, 1925)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

malyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Novitates Musei Sarajevoensis

Name usages

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

Microtus nivalis appenninicus

(Dal Piaz, 1929)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

appenninicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

103-158

Authority publication

Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali, Acta Geologica

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus mirhanreini

(H. Schaefer, 1935)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mirhanreini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

535-590

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Chionomys) nivalis abulensis

(Agacino, 1936)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

abulensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

151

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 (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Chionomys nivalis balcanicus

Kratochvíl, 1981

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

balcanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

55

Authority publication

Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Academiae Scientiarum Bohemoslovacae Brno

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Chionomys nivalis cantabricus

Kratochvíl, 1981

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cantabricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

56

Authority publication

Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Academiae Scientiarum Bohemoslovacae Brno

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Chionomys nivalis pirinensis

Kratochvíl, 1981

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pirinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

53

Authority publication

Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Academiae Scientiarum Bohemoslovacae Brno

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Chionomys nivalis pirinensis natio rilensis

Kratochvíl, 1981

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rilensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

infrasubspecific

Authority page

53

Authority publication

Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Academiae Scientiarum Bohemoslovacae Brno

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Chionomys nivalis balcanicus natio slavianka

Kratochvíl, 1981

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

slavianka

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

infrasubspecific

Authority page

56

Authority publication

Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Academiae Scientiarum Bohemoslovacae Brno

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

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