Microtus savii

(de Sélys-Longchamps, 1838)

Savi's 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 : Terricola

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rev. Zool. Paris, 248

Original name as described

Arvicola Savii

Type material

MF 6062

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

near Pisa, Italy.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Switzerland · Italy

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. nebrodensis

Taxonomy notes citation

Bezerra, A. M., Annesi, F., Aloise, G., Amori, G., Giustini, L., & Castiglia, R. (2015). Integrative taxonomy of the Italian pine voles, Microtus savii group (Cricetidae, Arvicolinae). Zoologica Scripta.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002101

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 Savii

(de Sélys-Longchamps, 1838)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

savii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MF 6062

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

248

Authority publication

Revue zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Crespon (1844:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38970)

Microtus (Terricola) savii tolfetanus

Contoli, 2003

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tolfetanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

URLS 0a – 0f, URLS 378, URLS 379, URLS 425, URLS 427, URLS 675, URLS 731, URLS 732, URLS 761, URLS 766, URLS 767, URLS 879, URLS 885, URLS 1124, URLS 1211, URLS 2861, URLS 2864, URLS 2866, URLS 2868, URLS 2869

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

108

Authority publication

Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys savii

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

savii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

161

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:502, 503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Microtus savii

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

savii

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 (2017:348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13491/513760) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microtus savii savii

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

savii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

324

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola Savii Var. Albomaculatus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

albomaculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

145

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Arvicola Savii Var. Albus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

albus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

145

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Arvicola selysii

(Bonaparte, 1845)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

selysii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573708

Authority publication

Milan

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola Savii Aberr., albomaculatus

(de Sélys-Longchamps, 1845)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

albomaculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum · infrasubspecific

Authority page

320

Authority publication

Milan

Arvicola Savii Aberr., albus

(de Sélys-Longchamps, 1845)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

albus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum · infrasubspecific

Authority page

320

Authority publication

Milan

Pitymys appenninicus

(Forsyth Major in Giglioli, 1909)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

appenninicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

19

Authority publication

Pubblicazioni del R. Istituto di Studi Superiori Pratici e di Perfezionamento in Firenze

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Terricola) savii tolfetanus

Contoli, 2000

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tolfetanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notexplicitlynew

Authority page

40

Authority publication

Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy

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