Stenocranius gregalis

(Pallas, 1779)

Narrow-headed 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 : Stenocranius

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1779. Fasciculus II. Pp. 71–388 in Pallas, P.S. 1778-1779. Novae species quadrupedum e glirium ordine cum illustrationibus variis complurium ex hoc ordine animalium. Wolfgang Walther, Erlangen, 388 pp.

Original name as described

Mus gregalis

Other common names

Narrow-skulled Vole

Type locality

E of Chulym River, Novosibirsk Region, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Mongolia · China

Taxonomy notes

previously included L. raddei; moved from Microtus to either Lasiopodomys or Stenocranius; we include the species under Stenocranius following the most recent revision

Taxonomy notes citation

Petrova, T. V., Tesakov, A. S., Kowalskaya, Y. M., & Abramson, N. I. (2016). Cryptic speciation in the narrow-headed vole Lasiopodomys (Stenocranius) gregalis (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Zoologica Scripta. · Liu, S., Jin, W., Liu, Y., Murphy, R. W., Lv, B., Hao, H., ... & Fu, J. (2016). Taxonomic position of Chinese voles of the tribe Arvicolini and the description of 2 new species from Xizang, China. Journal of Mammalogy, gyw170. · Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. (2022). Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor Press, Maribor.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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