Lagurus lagurus

(Pallas, 1773)

Steppe Vole

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Tribe : Lagurini
Genus : Lagurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1773. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. Volume 2. Kayserlichen Academie der Wissenschaften, Saint Petersburg, 504 pp.

Authority publication link

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97334n/f709.item.r=Reise%20durch%20verschiedene%20Provinzen%20des%20Russischen%20Reichs

Original name as described

Mus lagurus

Other common names

Steppe Lemming

Type locality

mouth of Ural River, Indersk District, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Ukraine · Russia · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Mongolia · China

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002139

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.

Lagurus lagurus altorum

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

altorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.4.1.123

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3a361c84-1131-444a-a4ee-109a378ef21a

Authority page

401

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639158

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Lagurus lagurus occidentalis

Migulin, 1938

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NNPM 10699/47 (= "1135")

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

298

Authority publication

Kyiv

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Lagurus lagurus aggressus

Serebrennikov, 1929

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

aggressus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 18119

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

267

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Name usages

  1. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Lagurus lagurus abacanicus

Serebrennikov, 1929

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

abacanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 18244

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

267

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  4. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Lagurus lagurus major

Zazhigin & Rekovets, 1985

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 54581

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

77

Authority publication

Kyiv

Lagurus lagurus agressus natio saturatus

Ognev, 1950

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

saturatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

infrasubspecific

Type

ZMMU S-22799

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-22799

Authority page

576

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Glis Lagurus

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lagurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

375

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873172

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:375, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Hypudaeus lagurus

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lagurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Lichtenstein (1823:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60405164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65818)

Hipudoeus lagurus

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lagurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

278

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207745

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:278, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207745) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Eremiomys lagurus

(Poljakov, 1881)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lagurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

35

Authority publication

Записки Императорской академіи наук

Lagurus lagurus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lagurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

163

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:488) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11179/115100995) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lagurus lagurus agressus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

agressus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

318

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Lagurus lagurus lagurus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lagurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

318

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Mus lagurus

(Pallas, 1773)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lagurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

704

Authority page URI

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97334n/f709.item.r=Reise%20durch%20verschiedene%20Provinzen%20des%20Russischen%20Reichs

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

  1. Goldfuss (1809:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Lagurus migratorius

Gloger, 1841

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

migratorius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13515407

Authority publication

Breslau

Name usages

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

Lagurus lagurus morpha complexus

Bazhanov, 1930

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

complexus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

infrasubspecific

Authority page

57

Authority publication

Byull. Srednevolskoi Kraevoi Stantsii Zasch. Rast.

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Lagurus lagurus pleistocaenicus

Aleksandrova, 1976

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pleistocaenicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

79

Authority publication

Trudy Geologicheskogo Instituta Akademiya Nauk SSSR

Lagurus lagurus dobrogicus

Rădulescu & P.-M. Samson, 1976

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dobrogicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

151-170

Authority publication

Travaux de l'Institut de Spéologie "Émile Racovitza"

Lagurus lagurus thracicus

Rădulescu & P.-M. Samson, 1976

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

thracicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

151-170

Authority publication

Travaux de l'Institut de Spéologie "Émile Racovitza"

Lagurus lagurus major

Zazhigin in Gromov & Polyakov, 1977

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

168

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

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

Lagurus lagurus solymárensis

M. Kretzoi in Jánossy, 1986

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

solymarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

112

Authority publication

Budapest

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