Microtus paradoxus

(Ognev & Heptner, 1928)

Kopet Dag Pine 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

Ognev, S.I. and Heptner, V.G. 1928. Einige Mittelungen über die Säugetiere des mittleren Kopet-Dag und der anliegenden Ebene (Russisch-Turkestan). Zoologischer Anzeiger 75(11):258-266.

Authority publication link

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/pdf/ognev_heptner_1928.pdf

Original name as described

Chilotus paradoxus

Other common names

Paradox Vole

Type material

ZMMU S-25533

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-25533

Type locality

Chuli, near Ashkhabad, Kopet Dag Mountains, SW Turkmenistan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Turkmenistan · Iran

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002095

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.

Chilotus paradoxus

(Ognev & Heptner, 1928)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

paradoxus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-25533

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-25533

Authority page

263

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus paradoxus

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

paradoxus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002095) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136216/22351652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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