Microtus ochrogaster

(J. A. Wagner, 1843)

Prairie Vole

Side view, in simulated grassland environment
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Location:USA, ILDate taken:Jan 1, 1990

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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

Wagner, J.A. 1843. Heft 117, Heft 118. Pp. 473–614 in Wagner, J.A. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Supplementband. Dritte Mittheilung: Die Beutelthiere und Nager (erster Abschnitt). Erlangen, Erlangen, 614 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31060819

Original name as described

Hypudaeus ochrogaster

Type locality

America. Fixed by B. P. Bole, Jr. and P. N. Moulthrop in 1942 at "New Harmony, Posey County, Indiana, " USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(MN, MI, OK, KS, NE, IL, MT, TN, IA, TX, WV, WI, ND, OH, SD, MO, WY, NM, KY, CO, AL, AR, IN)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002093

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.

Hypudaeus ochrogaster

(J. A. Wagner, 1843)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ochrogaster

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

592

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31060819

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Schinz (1845:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37529)

Arvicola austerus

(Le Conte, 1853)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

austerus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:2249

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34f623af3-64dd-4ad8-8872-f198d71367fe

Authority page

405

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1779941

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Coues (1874:190, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26362040) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15059)
  2. Brayton (1882:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71942)
  3. True (1885:597, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Arvicola (Pedomys) cinnamonea

(S. F. Baird, 1857)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cinnamoneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:591 (= USNM:MAMM:A1714)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/309e2a277-b4a8-4509-971a-6bea3ac81567

Authority page

541

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58488309

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

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

Arvicola (Pedomys) haydenii

(S. F. Baird, 1857)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

haydenii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:699 (= USNM:MAMM:A1862)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/372106534-786d-458a-8c3f-cee618080066

Authority page

543

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58488311

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 austera

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

austerus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

356

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580352

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Murray (1866:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  2. Fitzinger (1867:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476796) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Arvicola cinnamomea

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cinnamomea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

356

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580352

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Arvicola ochrogaster

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ochrogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

356

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580352

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Mynomes ochrogaster

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ochrogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476799

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1867:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  2. Abramson, Skalon, Bondareva, Bodrov, Petrova & Dvoyashov (2025:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68651)

Arvicola austerus minor

(C. H. Merriam, 1888)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186493

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30d644b68-8523-46f5-9bee-7d95de272a2c

Authority page

600

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41533346

Authority publication

The American Naturalist

Name usages

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

Microtus austerus

G. S. Miller, 1896

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

austerus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

56

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811345

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Miller (1896:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14564)
  2. Allen (1896:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15952)
  3. Trouessart (1897:554, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435098) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  4. Bailey (1900:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799946) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14578)
  5. Trouessart (1904:457, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

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