Neodon leucurus

(E. Blyth in Theobald, 1862)

Blyth's 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

Theobald, W., Jr. 1862. Notes of a trip from Simla to the Spiti Valley and Chomoriri (Tshomoriri) Lake during the Months of July, August and September, 1861. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 31(5):480-527.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56712263

Original name as described

Phaiomys leucurus

Other common names

Blyth's Vole

Type material

ZSI 16443

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

near Lake Chomoriri, Ladakh, NW India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · India · Nepal

Taxonomy notes

moved from Phaiomys to Neodon

Taxonomy notes citation

Liu, S. Y., Sun, Z. Y., Liu, Y., Wang, H., Guo, P., & Murphy, R. W. (2012). A new vole from Xizang, China and the molecular phylogeny of the genus Neodon (Cricetidae: Arvicolinae). Zootaxa, 3235(1), 1-22. · Liu, S., Jin, W., Murphy, R.W., Lv, B., Hao, H., Liao, R., Sun, Z., Tang, M., Chen, W., Fu, J. 2016. Taxonomic position of Chinese voles of the tribe Arvicolini and the description of 2 new species from Xizang, China. Journal of Mammalogy 1-17.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002115

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.

Phaiomys leucurus

(E. Blyth in Theobald, 1862)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leucurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 16443

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

519

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56712263

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Theobald (1862:519, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56712263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68512)
  2. Blyth (1863:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:238) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13439/22333524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Phaiomys leucurus

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leucurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

89

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Arvicola Blythii

(Blanford, 1875)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

blythii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

ZSI 16443

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37192042

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blanford (1875:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37192042) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68515)

Arvicola blythi

(Blanford, 1881)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

blythi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35598033

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blanford (1881:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35598033) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69329)

Microtus Strauchi

(Büchner, 1890)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

strauchi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 2090

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

121

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56758223

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

  1. Miller (1896:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14564)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus blythi

(G. S. Miller, 1896)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

blythi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Miller (1896:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14564)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005:1035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Microtus tsaidamensis

(Satunin, 1903)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tsaidamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 6002

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

579

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8666897

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Phacomys) waltoni

(Bonhote, 1905)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

waltoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.4.6.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2b69d41e-e375-47ef-bb3c-90934c3281a8

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208095

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Phaiomys) waltoni petulans

(Wroughton, 1911)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

petulans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.12.2.27

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/94d78b47-de03-40ed-b16a-a1c375a75947

Authority page

931

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30167184

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Phaiomys everesti

(O. Thomas & Hinton, 1922)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

everesti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

182

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15689921

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Pitymys leucurus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leucurus

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 (1982:501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Pitymys (Phaiomys) leucurus zadoensis

(Zheng Changlin & Wang Song, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zadoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NPIB 02056

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

110, 111

Authority publication

Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus leucurus

(Musser & Carleton, 1993)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leucurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

523

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (1993:523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)

Neodon leucurus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leucurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

326

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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