Eothenomys melanogaster

(A. Milne-Edwards in A. David, 1871)

Pere David's Red-backed 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 : Eothenomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

David, A. 1871. Rapport adressé à MM. les professeurs-administrateurs du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle. Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle (1)7(Bulletin):75-100.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13955517

Original name as described

Arvicola melanogaster

Other common names

Melano-bellied Oriental Vole · Pere David's Vole

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1870-24

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1870-24

Type locality

Moupin (= Baoxing), W Szechuan, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

previously included E. colurnus and E. eleusis

Taxonomy notes citation

Liu, S. Y., Chen, S. D., He, K., Tang, M., Liu, Y., Jin, W., ... & Fu, J. R. (2019). Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of subgenus Eothenomys (Cricetidae: Arvicolinae: Eothenomys) with the description of four new species from Sichuan, China. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 186(2), 569-598. · Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. (2022). Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor Press, Maribor.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002183

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.

Arvicola melanogaster

(A. Milne-Edwards in A. David, 1871)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

melanogaster

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1870-24

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1870-24

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13955517

Authority publication

Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Eothenomys melanogaster

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

melanogaster

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, 487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7801/115086611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Eothenomys melanogaster melanogaster

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

melanogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

224

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

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