Volemys musseri

(M. A. Lawrence, 1982)

Marie's 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 : Volemys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lawrence, M.A. 1982-09-21. Western Chinese arvicolines (Rodentia) collected by the Sage Expedition. American Museum Novitates 2745:1-19.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62313028

Original name as described

Microtus musseri

Other common names

Western Sichuan Vole

Type material

AMNH M-111533

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-111533

Type locality

Qionglai Shan, 48.2 km W Wenquan, W Sichuan, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002124

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 musseri

(M. A. Lawrence, 1982)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

musseri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-111533

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-111533

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62313028

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Volemys musseri

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

musseri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #23044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #23044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23044/22387599) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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