Microtus hartingi

Barrett-Hamilton, 1903

Harting's 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

Authority citation

Barrett-Hamilton, G.E.H. 1903-03-01. On two new voles of the subgenera Pitymys and Microtus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)11(63):306-308.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19367854

Original name as described

Microtus (Microtus) Hartingi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1893.4.5.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/03c2b9ce-e892-4758-a286-9a1dfad4a2ea

Type locality

Larissa, Thessaly, Greece.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Serbia · North Macedonia · Bulgaria · Greece · Turkey

Taxonomy notes

split from M. guentheri and includes lydius

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. · Zorenko, T. A., & Kagainis, U. E. (2021). Discrimination of the two subspecies of Microtus hartingi (Rodentia: Arvicolinae) by shape and linear features of the spermatozoon. Russian Journal of Theriology, 20(2), 143-157.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002072

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 (Microtus) Hartingi

Barrett-Hamilton, 1903

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hartingi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1893.4.5.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/03c2b9ce-e892-4758-a286-9a1dfad4a2ea

Authority page

307

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19367854

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000588) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000588) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002072) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Microtus lydius

Blackler, 1916

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lydius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.10.6.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f892dd62-ce29-4194-b70b-12cadffb2899

Authority page

426

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18617215

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Sumeriomys guentheri martinoi

(B. Petrov, 1939)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

martinoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

Petrov collection 222

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

363

Authority publication

Prirodoslovne Razprave

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus guentheri macedonicus

M. Kretzoi, 1964

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

macedonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

Petrov collection 222

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

132

Authority publication

Vertebrata Hungarica

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus lydius ankaraensis

Yiğit & E. Çolak, 2002

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ankaraensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UAnk 1906

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

201

Authority publication

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Sumeriomys) güntheri shevketi

Neuhäuser, 1936

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

shevketi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 47988

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45544883

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus guentheri strandzensis

G. Markov, 1960

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

strandzensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Comptes Rendus de l'Académie Bulgare des Sciences

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

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