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
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/1647863Original 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-d7eb1fb55446Type 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
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