Alticola macrotis

(von Radde, 1862)

Large-eared 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

Reise in den Suden von Ost-Sibierien, vol. 1, 196

Original name as described

Arvicola macrotis

Other common names

Large-eared Mountain Vole

Type material

ZIN S. 45000

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Höhe über 7000' im östlichen Sajan-Gebirge, über der Baumgrenze [= above 7000 feet in the eastern Sayan Mountains, above tree line]," Siberia, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Kazakhstan · Russia · Mongolia · China

Taxonomy notes

has been included under Myodes (Clethrionomys), Aschizomys (along with A. lemminus), and 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/1002165

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.

Alticola fetisovi

Galkina & Epifantseva, 1988

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fetisovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SZM N 33927

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

128

Authority publication

Vestnik zoologii

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)

Arvicola macrotis

(von Radde, 1862)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

macrotis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 45000

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

196

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola vinogradovi

Razorenova, 1933

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

vinogradovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-10542

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-10542

Authority page

79

Authority publication

Бюллетень Московского общества испытателей природы

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)

Alticola macrotis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

macrotis

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 (1982:479) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/952/115054407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Alticola macrotis vinogradovi

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

vinogradovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

217

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Myodes macrotis fetisovi

(D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fetisovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

303

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Myodes macrotis

(D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

macrotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

303

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Myodes macrotis macrotis

(D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

macrotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

303

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Alticola macrotis fetisovi

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fetisovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

100

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

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

Alticola macrotis macrotis

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

macrotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

99

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola altaica

Vinogradov, 1933

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

altaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

63

Authority publication

Trav. Inst. Zool. Acad. Sci. Leningrad

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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