Alticola argentatus

(Severtzov, 1879)

Silver Mountain Vole

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Izv. Soc. Nat. Anthrop. Etnogr., vol. 8, 2, 82

Original name as described

Arvicola argentata

Type material

ZIN S. 20223

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Alichur, Murgab District, Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Kazakhstan · Tajikistan · Kyrgyzstan · Uzbekistan · Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · China

Taxonomy notes

previously included A. parvidens

Taxonomy notes citation

Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. (2022). Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor Press, Maribor.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002149

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.

Alticola worthingtoni

G. S. Miller, 1906

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

worthingtoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.12.4.11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/70d1df8b-2ee0-4017-ae06-db70dd12adf4

Authority page

373

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472424

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola blanfordi

(Scully, 1880)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

blanfordi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.3.9.17

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d7b2e631-7512-4d91-a686-cb84b2355f72

Authority page

399

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25170624

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Alticola) argurus

(O. Thomas, 1909)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

argurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.4.3.100

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5cdca8a7-ccc9-4d42-887a-48fb9e8bd9c6

Authority page

264

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071633

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola phasma

G. S. Miller, 1912

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

phasma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.4.1.120

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3337545

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Alticola worthingtoni subluteus

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

subluteus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.5.10.186

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b79e69d2-bd93-4985-8626-75b01115fe01

Authority page

570

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641329

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Arvicola argentata

(Severtzov, 1879)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

argentatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 20223

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

82

Authority publication

Est. Antrop. i. Etnogr.

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola argentata rosanovi

Ognev, 1940

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rosanovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-44204

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-44204

Authority page

68

Authority publication

Материалы к познанию фауны и флоры СССР

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola leucura

(Severtzov, 1873)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leucurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

ZMMU S-44256

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-44256

Authority page

82

Authority publication

Mem. Sect. Zool. Amis. Sci. Nat. Moscou

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola severtzowi

(A. A. Tikhomirov & Kurtchagin, 1889)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

severtzowi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

ZMMU S-44256

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-44256

Authority page

28

Authority publication

Извѣстiя Императорскаго Общества любителей естествознанiя, антропологiи и этнографiи

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola argentatus tarasovi

Rossolimo & Pavlinov, 1992

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tarasovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-78278

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-78278

Authority page

165

Authority publication

Prague

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  5. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola argentata shnitnikovi

Ognev, 1940

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

shnitnikovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-95897

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-95897

Authority page

63

Authority publication

Материалы к познанию фауны и флоры СССР

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola argentatus

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

argentatus

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 (2006:238) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/949/115054150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Alticola argentatus argentatus

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

argentatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

217

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

  1. Smith & Xie (2008:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola argentatus phasma

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

phasma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

217

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

  1. Smith & Xie (2008:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola argentatus subluteus

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

subluteus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

217

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

  1. Smith & Xie (2008:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola argentatus worthingtoni

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

worthingtoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

217

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

  1. Smith & Xie (2008:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola argentatus blanfordi

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

blanfordi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

304

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola argentatus severtzovi

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

severtzovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

304

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Alticola argentatus severtzowi

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

severtzowi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

78

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola gracilis

Kashkarov, 1923

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

203

Authority publication

Trans. Sci. Soc. Turkestan

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola longicauda

Kashkarov, 1923

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

longicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

203

Authority publication

Trans. Sci. Soc. Turkestan

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola villosa

Kashkarov, 1923

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

villosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

203

Authority publication

Trans. Sci. Soc. Turkestan

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola argentata alaica

Rosanov, 1935

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

alaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

8, 49

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola argentata saurica

Afanas'yev & Bazhanov, 1948

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sauricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

45

Authority publication

Izvestiya Akademiya Nauk Kazakhskoy SSR

Name usages

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

Alticola longicaudata

Ognev, 1950

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

longicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

514

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

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

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