Alticola montosus

(F. W. True, 1894)

Kashmir 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

True, F.W. 1894-05-08. Notes on mammals of Baltistan and the Vale of Kashmir, presented to the National Museum by Dr. W. L. Abbott. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 17:1-16.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15674976

Original name as described

Arvicola montosa

Other common names

Central Kashmir Vole · True's Vole

Type material

USNM:MAMM:20145 (= USNM:MAMM:A35508)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3616afeb0-55c2-4b72-b0d5-2c8f0ad6a2b8

Type locality

"Central Kashmir, [N India], 11,000 feet [= 3353 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Pakistan · India

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002151

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.

Arvicola montosa

(F. W. True, 1894)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

montosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:20145 (= USNM:MAMM:A35508)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3616afeb0-55c2-4b72-b0d5-2c8f0ad6a2b8

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15674976

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus imitator

(Bonhote, 1905)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

imitator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.1.5.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5622775e-aa94-404a-aa35-6708c07b8909

Authority page

197

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19243735

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola roylei montosa

Schlitter & Setzer, 1973

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

montosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

166

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34560316

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Schlitter & Setzer (1973:166, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34560316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11644)

Alticola montosa

Musser & Carleton, 1993

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

montosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

503

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (1993:503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/953/115054544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Alticola montosus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

montosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

305

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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