Microtus irani

O. Thomas in Cheesman, 1921

Iranian 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

Cheesman, R.E. 1921-03-31. Report on a collection of mammals made by Col. J. E. B. Hotson in Shiraz, Persia. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 27(3):573-581.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30359229

Original name as described

Microtus irani

Other common names

Persian Vole · Schidlovsky Pine Vole

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1920.5.20.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/18620216-2b05-446e-83e0-bb6771c5c3aa

Type locality

"Bagh-i-Rezi, Shiraz, [Iran]. Alt. 5200' [= 1585 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Iran

Taxonomy notes

includes schidlovskii

Taxonomy notes citation

Zorenko, T., Koren, T., & Kryštufek, B. (2014). Cytochrome b yields new insight into taxonomic scope of Microtus schidlovskii (Rodentia, Arvicolinae, Microtus). Russian Journal of Theriology, 13(1), 47-52.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002074

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 irani

O. Thomas in Cheesman, 1921

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

irani

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.5.20.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/18620216-2b05-446e-83e0-bb6771c5c3aa

Authority page

580

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30359229

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  8. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002074) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/112465090/115589476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microtus irani darvishi

Mahmoudi, Golenishchev, Malikov, Arslan, Pavlova, Petrova, & Kryštufek, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

darvishi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHMU 0221

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Microtus irani irani

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

irani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

352

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

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