Alticola olchonensis

Litvinov, 1960

Lake Baikal 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

Litvinov, N.I. 1960. Новый подвид серебристой полевки (Alticola argentatus Sev., Mammalia, Muridae) с острова Ольхон (Байкал). Зоологический Журнал 39(12):1888-1891.

Authority publication link

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/pdf/al_olchonensis.pdf

Original name as described

Alticola argentatus olchonensis

Other common names

Olkhon Mountain Vole

Type material

ZMMU S-64279

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-64279

Type locality

EC Lake Baikal, Olkhon Island, Irkutskaya Oblast, S Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002152

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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.

Alticola argentatus olchonensis

Litvinov, 1960

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

olchonensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-64279

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-64279

Authority page

1889

Authority publication

Зоологический Журнал

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola olchonensis

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

olchonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136648/115211010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Alticola baicalensis

Litvinov, 1961

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

baicalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

125

Authority publication

Pevroye Vsesoyuz. soveshch. po mlekopit.

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

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