Microtus agrestis

(Linnaeus, 1761)

Short-tailed Field 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 : Microtus
Subgenus : Euarvicola

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1761. Fauna Svecica. Editio Altera, Auctior. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 578 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32170442

Original name as described

Mus agrestis

Other common names

Field Vole · Short-tailed Vole

Type locality

Uppsala, Sweden.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

United Kingdom · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Austria · Belgium · Netherlands · Luxembourg · Germany · Denmark · Czech Republic · Slovakia · Hungary · Poland · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Norway · Sweden · Finland · Russia · Kazakhstan · China · Mongolia

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. rozianus and M. lavernedii

Taxonomy notes citation

Paupério, J., Herman, J. S., Melo‐Ferreira, J., Jaarola, M., Alves, P. C., & Searle, J. B. (2012). Cryptic speciation in the field vole: a multilocus approach confirms three highly divergent lineages in Eurasia. Molecular Ecology, 21(24), 6015-6032.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002053

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 agrestis fiona

I. G. S. Montagu, 1923

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fiona

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

940

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32282246

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 (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus agrestis exsul

G. S. Miller, 1908

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

exsul

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.3.1.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c59c1a3f-cfb2-4b66-af97-c8bef4670eb0

Authority page

201

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295910

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus arcturus

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

arcturus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.4.1.103

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/faa2c907-0ee3-453c-b0bc-1a0564f4a17e

Authority page

398

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639155

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola agrestis angustifrons

(Fatio, 1905)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

angustifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 712.37, MHNG 712.45

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

191

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29632214

Authority publication

Archives des sciences physiques et naturelles

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola agrestis var. nigra

(Fatio, 1869)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 712.38

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

241

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15596740

Authority publication

Genève

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus agrestis tridentinus

Dal Piaz, 1924

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tridentinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MTSN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

10

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 (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus agrestis estiae

Reinwaldt, 1927

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

estiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Reinwaldt 561

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

13

Authority publication

Acta et Commentationes Universitatis Tartuensis

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus agrestis argyropoli

Ognev, 1944

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

argyropuli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

as_emended

Type

ZMMU S-25289

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-25289

Authority page

187

Authority publication

Доклады Академии наук СССР

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005:990) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus agrestis mongol

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mongol

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

759

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15617572

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus agrestis luch

Barrett-Hamilton & Hinton, 1913

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

luch

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

366

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099853

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus agrestis mial

Barrett-Hamilton & Hinton, 1913

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mial

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

364

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099851

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Hupudæus gregarius

(Billberg, 1827)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

gregarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

Billberg (1827:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67228)

Microtus agrestis

O. Thomas, 1894

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

agrestis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

358

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24343618

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1894:358, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24343618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15354)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Smith & Xie (2008:228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  11. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13426/115112050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

bucklandii

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bucklandii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

990

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005:990) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

macgillivrayi

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

macgillivrayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

990

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005:990) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Microtus agrestis arcturus

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

arcturus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

228

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Microtus agrestis macgillivraii

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

macgillivraii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

299

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Mus agrestis

(Linnaeus, 1761)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

agrestis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32170442

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Mus gregarius

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

gregarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946280

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Mus arvalis nigricans

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nigricans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

239

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664263

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola hirta

(Bellamy, 1839)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hirtus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

373

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola bailloni

(de Sélys-Longchamps, 1841)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bailloni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

225

Authority publication

Turin

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola neglecta

(Jenyns, 1841)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

neglectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

270

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22067573

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Lemmus insularis

(Nilsson, 1844)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

insularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

34

Authority publication

Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola intermedia

(Bonaparte, 1845)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

intermedia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573708

Authority publication

Milan

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola britannicus

(de Sélys-Longchamps, 1847)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

britannicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

307

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2271866

Authority publication

Revue zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Hypudaeus Bucklandi

(Giebel, 1847)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bucklandi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22961731

Authority publication

Leipzig

Arvicola (Arvicola) agrestis 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 agrestis insul

Lydekker, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

insul

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

74

Authority publication

Zoological Record

Name usages

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

Microtus agrestoides

Hinton, 1910

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

agrestoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

493

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Name usages

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

Microtus agrestis macgillivrai

Barrett-Hamilton & Hinton, 1913

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

macgillivrai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31994883

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Microtus agrestis neglectus

Ognev, 1913

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

neglectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

171

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14956543

Authority publication

Moscow

Microtus agrestis similis

A. Krausse, 1925

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

similis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

71

Authority publication

Pallasia

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus agrestis ognevi

Skalon, 1934

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ognevi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority publication

Известия государственного противочумного института Сибири и ДВК

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus agrestis pallida

Melander, 1938

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

74

Authority publication

Wissenschaftliche Mitteilungen der Universität Smolensk

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus agrestis scaloni

Heptner, 1948

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

scaloni

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 (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus agrestis argyropuli

Ognev, 1950

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

argyropuli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

justified_emendation

Authority page

179

Authority publication

Доклады Академии наук СССР

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus agrestis argyropuloi

Vinogradov, 1952

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

argyropuloi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

variant

Authority page

250

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

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

Microtus agrestis armoricanus

Heim de Balsac & F. de Beaufort, 1966

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

armoricanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

638

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus agrestis enez-groezi

Heim de Balsac & F. de Beaufort, 1966

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

enezgroezi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

638

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus agrestis jansoni

Chaline, 1972

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

jansoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

109

Authority publication

Paris

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