Clethrionomys glareolus
(von Schreber, 1780)
Bank 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 | : Clethrionomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1780. Heft 31, Heft 32. Pp. 651–682 in Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1792. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Vierter Theil. Walther, Erlangen.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059428 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42529406Original name as described
Mus glareolus
Type locality
Island of Lolland, Denmark.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Ireland · United Kingdom · Spain · France · Belgium · Netherlands · Luxembourg · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Italy · Austria · Germany · Denmark · Czech Republic · Hungary · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Kosovo · Montenegro · Albania · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Slovakia · Poland · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Norway · Sweden · Finland · Russia · Turkey · Georgia · Kazakhstan
Taxonomy notes
oldest name available for this genus is now Clethrionomys, as Myodes was shown to be a synonym of Lemmus (however, this is controversial)
Taxonomy notes citation
Kryštufek, B., Tesakov, A. S., Lebedev, V. S., Bannikova, A. A., Abramson, N. I., & Shenbrot, G. (2020). Back to the future: the proper name for red-backed voles is Clethrionomys Tilesius and not Myodes Pallas. Mammalia, 84(2), 214-217.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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