Microtus longicaudus

(C. H. Merriam, 1888)

Long-tailed 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

Merriam, C.H. 1888-10. Description of a new species of meadow mouse from the Black Hills of Dakota. The American Naturalist 22(262):934-935.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41533688

Original name as described

Arvicola (Mynomes) longicaudus

Other common names

Coronation Island Vole · San Bernardino Long-tailed Vole

Type material

USNM:MAMM:186496 (= Merriam 4509/5144)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ac9b67bf-b23b-4e05-b0f3-13f9ef4f7d9b

Type locality

"Custer (in the Black Hills), [Custer County, South] Dakota," USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(NM,CO,UT,SD,WA,WY,OR,MT,AK,CA,NV,ID,AZ)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002079

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 vellerosus

J. A. Allen, 1899

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

vellerosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-14403

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-14403

Authority page

7

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Microtus cautus

J. A. Allen, 1899

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cautus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-14405

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-14405

Authority page

7

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Arvicola leucophaeus

(J. A. Allen, 1894)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leucophaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-6734, AMNH MS-8409

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-6734 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-8409

Authority page

320

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26893492

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Microtus mordax sierrae

R. Kellogg, 1922

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sierrae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:22437

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:22437

Authority page

288

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29518176

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

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

Microtus mordax angustus

E. R. Hall, 1931

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

angustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

MVZ:Mamm:40138

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:40138

Authority page

13

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

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

Microtus mordax halli

Ellerman, 1941

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

halli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MVZ:Mamm:40138

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:40138

Authority page

603

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8410922

Authority publication

Families and Genera of Living Rodents

Name usages

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

Microtus mordax latus

E. R. Hall, 1931

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

latus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:45846

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:45846

Authority page

12

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

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

Microtus mordax littoralis

Swarth, 1933

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

littoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:8642

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:8642

Authority page

209

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34560943

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Microtus coronarius

Swarth, 1911

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

coronarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:8721

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:8721

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29510855

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

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)

Microtus mordax abditus

A. B. Howell, 1923

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

abditus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UCLA Mammals 8901 (= Howell collection 2731)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ucla/mammals?id=urn-catalog-ucla-mammals-8901

Authority page

36

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1936:210, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Microtus longicaudus incanus

M. R. Lee & Durrant, 1960

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

incanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMNH:Mamm:14286

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/UMNH:Mamm:14286

Authority page

168

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34642161

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 (2017:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus mordax bernardinus

C. H. Merriam, 1908

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bernardinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:150632

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3170b9283-b0fe-4263-b221-14386efa18d2

Authority page

145

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3334073

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Microtus angusticeps

V. O. Bailey, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

angusticeps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:17087 (= USNM:MAMM:A24008)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b5554349-e9ca-4b10-9fc8-6adc9dd6575d

Authority page

86

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263728

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Arvicola (Mynomes) alticolus

(C. H. Merriam, 1890)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

alticolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:17615 (= USNM:MAMM:A24551)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e59f9a13-cba0-40be-a576-8a35e5a57d30

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799640

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

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

Arvicola (Mynomes) longicaudus

(C. H. Merriam, 1888)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

longicaudus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186496 (= Merriam 4509/5144)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ac9b67bf-b23b-4e05-b0f3-13f9ef4f7d9b

Authority page

934

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41533688

Authority publication

The American Naturalist

Arvicola (Mynomes) mordax

(C. H. Merriam, 1891)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mordax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:24231 (= USNM:MAMM:A31635)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f54be1ac-acaa-408f-a243-16924cde274c

Authority page

61

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25798884

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

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

Microtus longicaudus baileyi

E. A. Goldman, 1938

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

baileyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:248924

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39d612d87-826b-4a5a-8457-ae76b447418d

Authority page

492

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

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

Microtus macrurus

C. H. Merriam, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

macrurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:66151

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ce7c1f84-d18e-48c0-884b-0c5cc23c5f67

Authority page

353

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1647847

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

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

Microtus (Microtus) longicauda

J. A. Allen, 1896

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

longicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

249

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1896:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15952)

Microtus mordax angusticeps

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

angusticeps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

209

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806124

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Bailey (1936:209, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Microtus mordax

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mordax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

208

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806123

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Bailey (1936:208, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Microtus mordax mordax

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mordax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

208

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806123

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Bailey (1936:208, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Microtus longicaudus

Orr, 1949

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

longicaudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

97

Authority publication

San Francisco

Name usages

  1. Orr (1949:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67164)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42627) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42627) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002079) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42627/115196586) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microtus longicaudus abditus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

abditus

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 longicaudus alticola

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

alticola

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 longicaudus angusticeps

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

angusticeps

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 longicaudus bernardinus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bernardinus

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 longicaudus coronarius

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

coronarius

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 longicaudus halli

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

halli

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 longicaudus leucophaeus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leucophaeus

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 longicaudus littoralis

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

littoralis

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 longicaudus longicaudus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

longicaudus

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 longicaudus macrurus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

macrurus

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 longicaudus sierrae

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sierrae

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 longicaudus vellerosus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

vellerosus

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)

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