Alticola lemminus

(G. S. Miller, 1898)

Lemming 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 : Aschizomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1898-10-15. Description of a new genus and species of microtine rodent from Siberia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 50:368-371.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1647863

Original name as described

Aschizomys lemminus

Other common names

Lemming Vole

Type material

USNM:MAMM:9911 (= USNM:MAMM:A37299)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31a923f52-8f66-4b13-918a-d7eb1fb55446

Type locality

"Kelsey Station, Plover Bay, Bering Strait, [Chukotskiy], Siberia [Russia]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia

Taxonomy notes

has been included under either Aschizomys (along with A. macrotis) or Alticola; the most recent molecular studies using wider gene sets place the species under Alticola, however, this study does not included Clethrionomys in the molecular analysis and further studies investigating all the species within these genera is needed to fully resolve this species generic position

Taxonomy notes citation

Wilson D.E., Lacher T.E., Mittermeier R.A. 2017. Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol. 7. Rodents II. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. · Bodrov, S. Y., Vasiljeva, V. K., Okhlopkov, I. M., Mamayev, N. V., Zakharov, E. S., Oleinikov, A. Y., ... & Abramson, N. I. (2020). Evolutionary history of mountain voles of the subgenus Aschizomys (Cricetidae, Rodentia), inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Integrative Zoology, 15(3), 187-201.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002158

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.

Aschizomys lemminus

(G. S. Miller, 1898)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lemminus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:9911 (= USNM:MAMM:A37299)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31a923f52-8f66-4b13-918a-d7eb1fb55446

Authority page

369

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1647863

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #951) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Alticola macrotis vicina

Portenko, 1963

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

vicinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 39016

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

117

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Eothenomys lemminus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lemminus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

160

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Alticola lemminus

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lemminus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #951) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/951/115054300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Aschizomys lemniscus

(Satunin, 1908)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lemniscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

103

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Aschizomys lemminus jacutensis

(I. Vasil'yeva & Vasil'yev, 1992)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

jacutensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Aschizomys lemminus yakutensis

(I. Vasil'yeva, 1999)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

yakutensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

105-114

Authority publication

Folia Zoologica

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

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