Microtus californicus

(T. R. Peale, 1849)

California 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 : Pitymys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peale, T.R. 1849-06-05. United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Vol. VIII. Mammalia and Ornithology. C. Sherman, Philadelphia, 338 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=VZSUUF_4nKIC

Original name as described

Arvicola californica

Other common names

Amargosa Vole · California Meadow Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:10082 (= USNM:MAMM:A4156)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35aba69d4-2439-4c65-b3ca-9b28a37b6eb2

Type locality

vicinity of San Francisco Bay, California, USA. Restricted by Kellogg in 1918 to "probably at San Francisquito Creek, near Palo Alto."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(OR,CA)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002059

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 californicus huperuthrus

D. G. Elliot, 1903

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

huperuthrus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:10740

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=0295f8ad-91d4-4661-8d24-60f3be732585

Authority page

161

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2638253

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus californicus aequivocatus

Osgood, 1928

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

aequivocatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:10760

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=775fc1f3-386d-4625-a325-70d4eac9c98c

Authority page

56

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus californicus stephensi

von Bloeker, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

stephensi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LACM:Mamm:1519

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/lacm/mammals?id=2dafcfb1-8d95-414b-996f-d5003f6eb664

Authority page

134

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35459386

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus californicus sanpabloensis

C. S. Thaeler, 1961

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sanpabloensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:123743

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:123743

Authority page

81

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus californicus paludicola

D. M. Hatfield, 1935

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

paludicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:12718

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:12718

Authority page

316

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus californicus kernensis

R. Kellogg, 1918

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

kernensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:15779

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:15779

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29517876

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus californicus aestuarinus

R. Kellogg, 1918

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

aestuarinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:18699

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:18699

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29517865

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus californicus neglectus

R. Kellogg, 1918

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

neglectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

MVZ:Mamm:19119

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:19119

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29517881

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

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

Microtus californicus sanctidiegi

R. Kellogg, 1922

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sanctidiegi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MVZ:Mamm:19119

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:19119

Authority page

78

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3333556

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus californicus eximius

R. Kellogg, 1918

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

eximius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:20098

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:20098

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29517862

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus californicus mariposae

R. Kellogg, 1918

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mariposae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:21724

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:21724

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29517869

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus californicus perplexabilis

J. Grinnell, 1926

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

perplexabilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:35882

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:35882

Authority page

223

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

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

Microtus californicus mohavensis

R. Kellogg, 1918

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mohavensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:5987

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:5987

Authority page

29

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29517879

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus californicus halophilus

von Bloeker, 1937

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

halophilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:74684

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:74684

Authority page

156

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34510417

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus californicus grinnelli

Huey, 1931

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

grinnelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SDNHM:MAM:6165

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/sdnhm/mammals?id=urn-catalog-sdnhm-mammals-6165

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5718561

Authority publication

Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Arvicola californica

(T. R. Peale, 1849)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

californicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:10082 (= USNM:MAMM:A4156)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35aba69d4-2439-4c65-b3ca-9b28a37b6eb2

Authority page

46

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Microtus californicus vallicola

V. O. Bailey, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

vallicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:25393 (= USNM:MAMM:A32806)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b1c31cd3-af60-4345-b806-518e6a0d8010

Authority page

89

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263657

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus scirpensis

V. O. Bailey, 1900

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

scirpensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:25979 (= USNM:MAMM:A33385)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b189fb45-ea62-48c7-b67d-17886928d524

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799911

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

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

Arvicola trowbridgii

(S. F. Baird, 1857)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

trowbridgii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:370 (= USNM:MAMM:A1284)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e4b94f8c-b5f0-4eb9-89a6-000604b5e82f

Authority page

529

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58488297

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

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

Arvicola edax

(Le Conte, 1853)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

edax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:4721 (= USNM:MAMM:A37298)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/346671818-8386-4445-b331-1ef8555c5bc0

Authority page

405

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1779941

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

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

Microtus californicus constrictus

V. O. Bailey, 1900

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

constrictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:98347

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f6d69a68-1dcb-48d7-8811-a26a5d969083

Authority page

36

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799909

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus californicus

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

californicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

207

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806122

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1936:207, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13427/22349460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microtus californicus californicus

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

californicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

207

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806122

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1936:207, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus californianus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

californianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

162

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

hyperuthrus

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hyperuthrus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

994

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005:994) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Microtus californicus scirpensis

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

scirpensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

338

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus californicus hyperythrus

D. G. Elliot, 1903

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hyperythrus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

218

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6712411

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

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