Microtus drummondii

(Audubon & Bachman, 1854)

Western Meadow 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

Authority citation

Audubon, J.J. and Bachman, J. 1854. The Quadrupeds of North America. Vol. III. V. G. Audubon, New York, 348 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53706620

Original name as described

Arvicola Drummondii

Other common names

Chihuahua Vole · Potholes Meadow Vole · Admiralty Island Meadow Vole

Type locality

in the Valleys of the Rocky Mountains; restricted to the vicinity of Jasper House, Alberta, Canada.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(OH,KY,IN,IL,MI,WI,MN,MO,IA,NE,KS,CO,NM,UT,WY,ND,SD,MT,ID,WA,AK)

Taxonomy notes

split from M. pennsylvanicus

Taxonomy notes citation

Jackson, D. J., & Cook, J. A. (2020). A precarious future for distinctive peripheral populations of meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus). Journal of Mammalogy, 101(1), 36-51.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002064

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 stonei

J. A. Allen, 1899

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

stonei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-14404

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-14404

Authority page

5

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Microtus pennsylvanicus chihuahuensis

W. G. Bradley & Cockrum, 1968

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

chihuahuensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-208653

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-208653

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62874282

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Arvicola (Mynomes) aztecus

(J. A. Allen, 1893)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

aztecus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-4050, AMNH MS-5170

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-5170

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26897295

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Arvicola insperatus

(J. A. Allen, 1894)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

insperatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-6731, AMNH MS-8405

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-6731 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-8405

Authority page

347

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26893519

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Arvicola (Mynomes) microcephalus

(Rhoads, 1894)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

microcephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 7418 (= SNR 418)

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

286

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1867606

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

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

Microtus pennsylvanicus arcticus

Cowan, 1951

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

arcticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CMN 34515

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

353

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

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

Microtus pennsylvanicus tananaensis

R. H. Baker, 1951

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tananaensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:21509

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=90ef83a0-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10715161

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus pennsylvanicus alcorni

R. H. Baker, 1951

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

alcorni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:21552

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=90efd299-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10715159

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus pennsylvanicus uligocola

S. Anderson, 1956

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

uligocola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:26898

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=912cb9d5-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

94

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2978182

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus pennsylvanicus pullatus

S. Anderson, 1956

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pullatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:37873

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=91a15a09-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2978185

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus pennsylvanicus finitus

S. Anderson, 1956

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

finitus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:50204

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=92236695-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2978184

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus admiraltiae

E. Heller, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

admiraltiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:118

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:118

Authority page

256

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29393548

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

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

Microtus pennsylvanicus rubidus

Dale, 1940

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rubidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:30758

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:30758

Authority page

339

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus pennsylvanicus funebris

Dale, 1940

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

funebris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:77482

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:77482

Authority page

338

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus montanus kincaidi

Dalquest, 1941

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

kincaidi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:95084

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:95084

Authority page

145

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34599298

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Microtus aphorodemus

Preble, 1902

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

aphorodemus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:106422

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35724e975-4993-42fa-ad27-a21ef35b4294

Authority page

52

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800425

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

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

Microtus pennsylvanicus wahema

V. O. Bailey, 1920

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

wahema

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:212370

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32bf0683a-d227-4a80-9c10-418b560b9df0

Authority page

72

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52848039

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

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

Arvicola modesta

(S. F. Baird, 1857)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

modestus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:594 (= USNM:MAMM:A1717)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/334635993-f0c3-4e71-a4bb-671d3f5befe2

Authority page

535

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58488303

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

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

Microtus pennsylvanicus admiraltiae

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

admiraltiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

344

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus pennsylvanicus aphorodemus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

aphorodemus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

344

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus pennsylvanicus aztecus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

aztecus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

344

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus pennsylvanicus drummondii

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

drummondii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

344

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus pennsylvanicus insperatus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

insperatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

344

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus pennsylvanicus kincaidi

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

kincaidi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

344

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus pennsylvanicus microcephalus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

microcephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

344

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus pennsylvanicus modestus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

modestus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

344

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus drummondii

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

drummondii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002064

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Arvicola Drummondii

(Audubon & Bachman, 1854)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

drummondii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

166

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53706620

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

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

Arvicola inspectus

(M. A. Lawrence, 1993)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

inspectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

124

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

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