Microtus subterraneus

(de Sélys-Longchamps, 1836)

Common 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

Essai Monogr. sur les Campagnols des Env. de Liege., 10

Original name as described

Arvicola subterraneus

Other common names

European Pine Vole

Type locality

Waremme, Liège, Belgium.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

France · Belgium · Netherlands · Luxembourg · Germany · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Italy · Austria · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Montenegro · Serbia · Kosovo · North Macedonia · Albania · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Hungary · Slovakia · Czech Republic · Poland · Moldova · Ukraine · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Russia · Turkey

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. fingeri

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002104

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Microtus (Terricola) grafi

Brunet-Lecomte, Nadachowski, & Chaline, 1992

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

grafi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Bacho Kire, couche 13, nr. 10

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

507

Authority publication

Geobios

Name usages

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

Pitymys dacius

(G. S. Miller, 1908)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dacius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.4.6.65

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b089e7dc-b680-4b21-8dc5-9d70215406a5

Authority page

202

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295911

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys subterraneus capucinus

(G. S. Miller, 1908)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

capucinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.8.4.267

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b72fbbaa-a78d-47e3-930e-c84cbbe3d091

Authority page

202

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295911

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys mustersi

(V. E. Martino & E. V. Martino, 1937)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mustersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1937.3.22.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/177bdc8f-eee8-4b92-880a-2333a37ae583

Authority page

516

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Pitymys) dinaricus

M. Kretzoi, 1959

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dinaricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1937.3.22.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/177bdc8f-eee8-4b92-880a-2333a37ae583

Authority page

248

Authority publication

Vertebrata Hungarica

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys multiplex hercegoviniensis

(V. E. Martino & E. V. Martino, 1940)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hercegoviniensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1937.4.24.62

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6463bfd7-0f72-4a20-bc03-8df2ac606035

Authority page

497

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys transsylvanicus

(Éhik, 1924)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

transsylvanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

HNHM 2770

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

159

Authority publication

Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys subterraneus wettsteini

(Éhik, 1926)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

wettsteini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

HNHM 3412

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

63

Authority publication

Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici

Name usages

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

Pitymys dacius hungaricus

(Éhik, 1926)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hungaricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

HNHM 3413

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

64

Authority publication

Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys nyirensis

(Éhik, 1930)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nyirensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

HNHM 3583.2

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

255

Authority publication

Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys subterraneus matrensis

(Éhik, 1930)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

matrensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

HNHM 3690.6

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

252

Authority publication

Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys Klőzeli

(Éhik, 1942)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

klozeli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

HNHM 4175.43

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

83

Authority publication

Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys nyirensis martinoi

(Éhik, 1935)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

martinoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 31996

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

60

Authority publication

Állattani Közlemények

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys multiplex brauneri

(V. E. Martino & E. V. Martino, 1926)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

brauneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

ZIN S. 34967

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

166

Authority publication

Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici

Name usages

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

Microtus (Pitymys) subterraneus serbicus

M. Kretzoi, 1958

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

serbicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

ZIN S. 34967

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

57

Authority publication

Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys ukrainicus

(Vinogradov, 1922)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ukrainicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 52089

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

vii

Authority publication

Isvestia Severnoi Oblasti Strasta

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys subterraneus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

subterraneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

162

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

hercegovinensis

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hercegovinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

1017

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005:1017) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Microtus subterraneus

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

subterraneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13489/197518317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pitymys dacius neuhauseri

(Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

neuhauseri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

315

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola subterraneus

(de Sélys-Longchamps, 1836)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

subterraneus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

10

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Agricola microtus

(Gérard, 1871)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

microtus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

231

Authority publication

Colmar

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola agrestis fusca

(Fatio, 1900)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

472

Authority publication

Revue suisse de Zoologie

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys zimmermanni

(Matschie, 1924)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zimmermanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

176

Authority publication

Pallasia

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys kupelwieseri

(von Wettstein, 1925)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

kupelwieseri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

31

Authority publication

Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys ehiki

(von Wettstein, 1927)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ehiki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys incertoides

(von Wettstein, 1927)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

incertoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys subterraneus atratus

(Stein, 1931)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

atratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

293

Authority publication

Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys dacius neuhäuseri

(V. E. Martino & Paspalev, 1955)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

neuhaeuseri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

57-63

Authority publication

Godisnik na Sofijskija Universitet

Pitymys subterraneus transvolgensis

(Schaposchnikov & Schanev, 1958)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

transvolgensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

24

Authority publication

Бюллетень Московского общества испытателей природы

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys subterraneus dinaricus

(B. M. Petrov, 1992)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dinaricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

1-186

Authority publication

Natural History Museum in Belgrade, Supplement

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys subterraneus neglectus

(B. M. Petrov, 1992)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

neglectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum · preoccupied

Authority page

1-186

Authority publication

Natural History Museum in Belgrade, Supplement

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys subterraneus subterraneoides

(B. M. Petrov, 1992)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

subterraneoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

1-186

Authority publication

Natural History Museum in Belgrade, Supplement

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

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