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
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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494907 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15495066Original 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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