Neodon fuscus

(Büchner, 1890)

Smoky Mountain 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 : Neodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Büchner, E. 1890-06-15. Wissenschaftliche Resultate der von N. M. Przewalski nach Central-Asien unternommenen Reisen. Zoologischer Theil. Band I. Säugethiere. Lieferung 3. Pp. 89–136 in Büchner, E. 1889-01-02. Wissenschaftliche Resultate der von N. M. Przewalski nach Central-Asien unternommenen Reisen. Zoologischer Theil. Band I. Säugethiere. Lieferung 2. Pp. 49–88 in Büchner, E. 1894. Wissenschaftliche Resultate der von N. M. Przewalski nach Central-Asien unternommenen Reisen. Zoologischer Theil. Band I. Säugethiere. Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Saint Petersburg, 232 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56758227

Original name as described

Microtus Strauchi var. fuscus

Other common names

Plateau Vole · Qinghai Vole

Type material

ZIN S. 2327

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

upper reaches of Zi Qu River, a tributary of the Yangtze in Zhidoi County, Yushu Prefecture, S Qinghai Province, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

moved from Lasiopodomys to Neodon

Taxonomy notes citation

Liu S.Y., Sun Z.Y., Liu Y., Wang H., Guo P. and Robert W.M. (2012) A new vole from Xizang, china and the molecular phylogeny of the genus Neodon (cricetidae: Arvicolinae). Zootaxa 3235, 1–2210.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002113

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.

Microtus Strauchi var. fuscus

(Büchner, 1890)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 2327

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56758227

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus fuscus

(G. S. Miller, 1896)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811347

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Miller (1896:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14564)

Lasiopodomys fuscus

(Musser & Carleton, 1993)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

516

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (1993:516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Neodon fuscus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

327

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:327) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11341/22351731) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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