Microtus chrotorrhinus

(G. S. Miller, 1894)

Rock 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

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1894. On a collection of small mammals from the New Hampshire Mountains. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 26:177-197.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55624471

Original name as described

Arvicola chrotorrhinus

Other common names

Southern Rock Vole · Yellow-nosed Vole

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.7.2522 (= Miller 2522)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9fb86f16-00c7-4b66-8fa6-03d361c4a8ec

Type locality

head of Tuckerman's Ravine, 5300 ft. (= 1615 m), Mt. Washington, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(NC,NY,MD,WV,NH,PA,VA,ME,MN,SC,VT)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002061

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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.

Arvicola chrotorrhinus

(G. S. Miller, 1894)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

chrotorrhinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.7.2522 (= Miller 2522)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9fb86f16-00c7-4b66-8fa6-03d361c4a8ec

Authority page

190

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55624471

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Microtus chrotorrhinus carolinensis

Komarek, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

carolinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CHAS:Mamm:1506

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/CHAS:Mamm:1506 https://arctos.database.museum/guid/CHAS:Mamm:1506?seid=4235169

Authority page

158

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus chrotorrhinus ravus

Bangs, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ravus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-7951

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-7951

Authority page

188

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263734

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 (2017:336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus chrotorrhinus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

chrotorrhinus

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 (1982:491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42626) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42626) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42626/115196387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microtus chrotorrhinus chrotorrhinus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

chrotorrhinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

336

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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