Microtus mystacinus

(De Filippi, 1863)

Caspian Gray 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

De Filippi, F. 1863. Nuove o poco note specie di animali vertebrati raccolte in un viaggio in Persia nell estate dell' anno 41862. Archivio per la zoologia, l'anatomia e la fisiologia 2:377-394.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36255978

Original name as described

Arvicola mystacinus

Other common names

Russian Vole · Sibling Vole · Southern Vole

Type locality

Lar Valley, N Iran.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Iran

Taxonomy notes

the name mystacinus was a synonym of M. arvalis, but the name actually applies to this species, which has been included under the names levis (tentatively a synonym of M. arvalis) and M. rossiaemeridionalis, which was recently split into it's own species

Taxonomy notes citation

Mahmoudi, A., Darvish, J., Aliabadian, M., Khosravi, M., Golenishchev, F. N., & KRYŠTUFEK, B. (2014). Chromosomal diversity in the genus Microtus at its southern distributional margin in Iran. Folia Zool, 63(4), 290-295. · Mahmoudi, A., Darvish, J., Aliabadian, M., Moghaddam, F. Y., & Kryštufek, B. (2017). New insight into the cradle of the grey voles (subgenus Microtus) inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences. Mammalia, 81(6), 583-593. · Golenishchev, F., Malikov, V., Petrova, T., Bodrov, S., & Abramson, N. (2019). Toward assembling a taxonomic puzzle: Case study of Iranian gray voles of the subgenus Microtus (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Mammalian Biology, 94(1), 98-105. · Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. (2022). Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor Press, Maribor.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002089

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.

Arvicola mystacinus

(De Filippi, 1863)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mystacinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

380

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36255978

Authority publication

Archivio per la zoologia, l'anatomia e la fisiologia

Name usages

  1. De Filippi (1863:380, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36255978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69096)
  2. De Filippi (1865:255, 344, https://books.google.com/books?id=nDFEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69095)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus mystacinus

Satunin, 1906

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mystacinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

190, 342

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58456396 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58456548

Authority publication

Mitteilungen des Kaukasischen Museums

Name usages

  1. Satunin (1906:190, 342, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58456396, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58456548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69040)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002089) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13454/197293248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microtus hyrcania

G. G. Goodwin, 1940

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hyrcania

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-88760

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-88760

Authority page

8

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus arvalis khorkoutensis

G. G. Goodwin, 1940

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

khorkoutensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-88764

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-88764

Authority page

8

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus socialis hyrcanus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hyrcanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

351

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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