Microtus richardsoni

(De Kay, 1842)

North American Water 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

De Kay, J.E. 1842. Zoology of New-York, or the New-York fauna. Part I. Mammalia. W. & A. White & J. Visscher, New York, 146 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003546

Original name as described

Arvicola richardsoni

Other common names

Richardson's Meadow Vole · Richardson's Vole · Richardson's Water Vole

Type locality

"near the foot of the Rocky Mountains." Restricted by V. Bailey in 1900 to "vicinity of Jasper House, Alberta," Canada.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(ID,OR,UT,MT,WY,WA)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002099

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.

Aulacomys arvicoloides

(Rhoads, 1894)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

arvicoloides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 8358 (= SNR 1358)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

182

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41535099

Authority publication

The American Naturalist

Name usages

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

Microtus principalis

Rhoads, 1895

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

principalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 9346 (= SNR 2346)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

940

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41521163

Authority publication

The American Naturalist

Name usages

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

Microtus richardsoni myllodontus

Rasmussen & Chamberlain, 1959

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

myllodontus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMNH:Mamm:13084

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/UMNH:Mamm:13084

Authority page

54

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Arvicola (Mynomes) macropus

(C. H. Merriam, 1891)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

macropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:23887 (= USNM:MAMM:A31291)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3631cafef-2d27-4df3-9299-f78552e06533

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25798882

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

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

Microtus richardsoni arvicoloides

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

arvicoloides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

210

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806125

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1936:210, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus richardsoni macropus

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

macropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

211

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806126

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1936:211, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Microtus richardsoni

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

richardsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

210

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806125

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1936:210, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42634) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42634) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002099) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42634/115197660) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microtus richardsoni richardsoni

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

richardsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

341

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Arvicola richardsoni

(De Kay, 1842)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

richardsoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

91

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003546

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Microtus richardsoni myodontus

Rickart, 1987

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

myodontus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

623

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8888175

Authority publication

Great Basin Naturalist

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