Microtus montanus

(T. R. Peale, 1849)

Montane Vole

Microtus montanus arizonensis.
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Location:USA, AZ, Apache co., AlpineDate taken:Jun 18, 2020

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Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Tribe : Arvicolini
Genus : Microtus
Subgenus : Mynomes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peale, T.R. 1849-06-05. United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Vol. VIII. Mammalia and Ornithology. C. Sherman, Philadelphia, 338 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=VZSUUF_4nKIC

Original name as described

Arvicola montana

Other common names

Pahranagat Valley Montane Vole

Type material

USNM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

near Mt. Shasta, headwaters of Sacramento River, Siskiyou County, California, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002086

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.

Total: 30 names and synonyms.

Arvicola montana

(T. R. Peale, 1849)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

44

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Murray (1866:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  2. Fitzinger (1867:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Arvicola longirostris

(S. F. Baird, 1857)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

longirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:1268 (= USNM:MAMM:A2220)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/398d210df-2098-4bcf-8f9e-cc0e1aa05daa

Authority page

530

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58488298

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Murray (1866:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Arvicola (Mynomes) nanus

(C. H. Merriam, 1891)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:23853 (= USNM:MAMM:A31253)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b7d1a8b7-989c-4f65-bf6a-a4bee746b22c

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25798885

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

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

Microtus montanus

Trouessart, 1897

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

563

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435107

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1897:563, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  2. Merriam (1899:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811778) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14568)
  3. Bailey (1900:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14578)
  4. Trouessart (1904:452, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  5. Kellogg (1916:363, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29524775) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69086)
  6. Grinnell, Dixon & Linsdale (1930:522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71835)
  7. Hall (1935:417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69521)
  8. Bailey (1936:202, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  9. Anderson (1947:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62435273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72301)
  10. Orr (1949:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67164)
  11. Hall & Cockrum (1953:413, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10715467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17243)
  12. Corbet & Hill (1980:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  13. Hall (1981:797) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
  14. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  15. Heaton (1985:363, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8885281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5733)
  16. Corbet & Hill (1991:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  17. Musser & Carleton (1993:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  18. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  19. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  20. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  21. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  22. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  23. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002086) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  24. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42630/22346732) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microtus nanus

Trouessart, 1897

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

564

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435108

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1897:564, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  2. Bailey (1900:30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14578)
  3. Trouessart (1904:452, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  4. Bailey (1936:204, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Microtus longirostris

Trouessart, 1897

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

longirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

564

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435108

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:564, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)

Microtus montanus arizonensis

V. O. Bailey, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

arizonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:24778 (= USNM:MAMM:A32179)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b179f2f0-c834-4f31-93c5-a3e8acce1b3c

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263730

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1900:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14578)
  2. Trouessart (1904:452, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Hall & Cockrum (1953:413, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10715467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17243)
  4. Hall (1981:797) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus nanus canescens

V. O. Bailey, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

canescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:90577

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c8ef34fa-26fb-4229-b535-37e1a87b748d

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263729

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1900:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14578)
  2. Trouessart (1904:453, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Microtus dutcheri

V. O. Bailey, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dutcheri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:29769 (= USNM:MAMM:A41848)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3aa79640f-8d9f-4511-893b-cc157faef5b0

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263727

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1900:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799905) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14578)
  2. Trouessart (1904:453, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Microtus nevadensis

V. O. Bailey, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nevadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:26877 (= USNM:MAMM:A34291)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ebe2d486-b6e7-4f42-aa34-d2e650322b73

Authority page

86

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1900:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799906) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14578)
  2. Trouessart (1904:453, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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