Microtus guentheri

(Danford & Alston, 1880)

Levant 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 : Microtus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., vol. 1880, 62

Original name as described

Arvicola guentheri

Other common names

Günther's Vole

Type locality

"marshes below Marash [= city of Kahramanmaraş]," Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Turkey · Syria · Lebanon · Israel · Palestine · Jordan

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. hartingi (including lydius) and M. mustersi

Taxonomy notes citation

Kryštufek, B., Bužan, E. V., VohralíK, V., Zareie, R., & Özkan, B. (2009). Mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence yields new insight into the speciation of social voles in south-west Asia. Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 98(1), 121-128. · Thanou, E., Paragamian, K., & Lymberakis, P. (2020). Social but lonely: Species delimitation of social voles and the evolutionary history of the only Microtus species living in Africa. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 58(1), 475-498.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002071

Country distribution map

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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.

Microtus philistinus

O. Thomas, 1917

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

philistinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.1.16.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4d7d2e45-6372-4a43-9039-25ce693a2fee

Authority page

450

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15627545

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Chionomys) machintoni

Bate, 1937

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

machintoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:PV:M 15282

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

400

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Microtus guentheri

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

guentheri

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, 493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/221695743/221695823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microtus guentheri philistinus

O'Brien, Menninger, & W. G. Nash, 2006

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

philistinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

257

Authority publication

Hoboken

Name usages

O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Arvicola guentheri

(Danford & Alston, 1880)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

guentheri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

62

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

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