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.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494907 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15495066

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002047

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. 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 gregalis sirtalaensis

(Ma Yong, 1965)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sirtalaensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BIZ 20677

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

183

Authority publication

Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus angustus

(O. Thomas, 1908)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

angustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.3.5.63

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d82e701c-2988-45c9-9e2a-9d1f452cc8e9

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31209623

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus ravidulus

(G. S. Miller, 1899)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ravidulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:62159

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/360ed8f3a-78c0-4905-a438-4a7939fd7d9a

Authority page

284

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6389469

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Stenocranius) gregalis unguiculatus

(Vinogradov, 1935)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

unguiculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 16949

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

84

Authority publication

Известия государственного Томского университета

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Stenocranius) gregalis montosus

(Argyropulo, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

montosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 17946

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

268

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus tianschanicus

(Büchner, 1890)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tianschanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 2239

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56758209

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola Eversmannii

(Poljakov, 1881)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

eversmannii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 6220

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

63

Authority publication

Записки Императорской академіи наук

Arvicola Nordenskiöldii

(Poljakov, 1881)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nordenskioldii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 6226

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

72

Authority publication

Записки Императорской академіи наук

Arvicola arvalis var. Slowzowii

(Poljakov, 1881)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

slowzowii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 69733

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

79

Authority publication

Записки Императорской академіи наук

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Stenocranius buturlini

Ognev, 1922

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

buturlini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 79023

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

107

Authority publication

Биологические Известия государственного научно-исследовательского института им. Тимирязева

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Stenocranius) slowzowi var. brevicauda

(Kastschenko, 1902)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

brevicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 80728

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9136329

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Stenocranius) gregalis tarbagataicus

(Ognev, 1944)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tarbagataicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-23279

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-23279

Authority page

186

Authority publication

Доклады Академии наук СССР

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Stenocranius) gregalis tundrae

(Ognev, 1944)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tundrae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-25457

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-25457

Authority page

186

Authority publication

Доклады Академии наук СССР

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Stenocranius) gregalis dukelskiae

(Ognev, 1950)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dukelskiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-25497

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-25497

Authority page

477

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Stenocranius kossogolicus

Ognev, 1923

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

kossogolicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-3919

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-3919

Authority page

80

Authority publication

Бюллетень Московского общества испытателей природы

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Stenocranius) gregalis zachvatkini

(Heptner, 1945)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zachvatkini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-39599

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-39599

Authority page

387

Authority publication

Доклады Академии наук СССР

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Stenocranius major

Ognev, 1923

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-4097

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-4097

Authority page

83

Authority publication

Бюллетень Московского общества испытателей природы

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Hypudaeus gregalis

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

gregalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Arvicola gregalis

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

gregalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

282

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207749

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:282, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Microtus gregalis

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

gregalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

162

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:268) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

eversmanni

(Musser & Carleton, 2005)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

eversmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

998

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005:998) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

nordenskioldi

(Musser & Carleton, 2005)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nordenskioldi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

998

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005:998) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Microtus gregalis angustus

(A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

angustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

231

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Microtus gregalis ravidulus

(A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ravidulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

231

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Lasiopodomys gregalis

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

gregalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

324

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13431/115112748) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Stenocranius gregalis

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

gregalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

283

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

  1. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Mus gregalis

(Pallas, 1779)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

gregalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

79, 238

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15494907 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15495066

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

  1. Goldfuss (1809:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola (Arvicola) gregalis foss.

(Roger, 1887)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fossilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notintendedasascientific_name

Authority page

103

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35769600

Authority publication

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

Microtus (Stenocranius) slowzowi var. lutea

(Kastschenko, 1902)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lutea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9136328

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus gregalis pallasii

(Kastschenko, 1902)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pallasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

198

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9136349

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Stenocranius) slowzowi

(Kastschenko, 1902)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

slowzowi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

169

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9136320

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Name usages

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

Microtus (Stenocranius) slowzowi var. tridenticulata

(Kastschenko, 1902)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tridenticulata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9136329

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Stenocranius) slowzovi

(Vinogradov, 1922)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

slowzovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

376

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8483603

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Microtus (Stenocranius) castaneus

(Kashkarov, 1923)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

castaneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

196

Authority publication

Trans. Sci. Soc. Turkestan

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus gregalis dolguschini

(Afanas'yev, 1939)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dolguschini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Kazakhstan Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R.

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus gregalis talassicus

(Heptner, 1948)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

talassicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

710

Authority publication

Доклады Академии наук СССР

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Stenocranius) gregalis martelensis

(Chaline, 1972)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

martelensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Paris

Microtus gregalis kriogenicus

(Rekovets, 1978)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

kriogenicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

559

Authority publication

Dopovidi Akademiyi Nauk Ukrayins'koyi RSR Seriya B Heolohichni Khimichni ta Biolohichni Nauky

Name usages

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

Microtus (Stenocranius) slowzovi var. revicauda

(Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2023)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

revicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · varietyorform

Authority page

280

Authority publication

Mammalia

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