Anteliomys wardi

(O. Thomas, 1912)

Ward'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 : Anteliomys
Subgenus : Anteliomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1912-05-01. On insectivores and rodents collected by Mr. F. Kingdon Ward in N.W. Yunnan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)9(53):513-519.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639273

Original name as described

Microtus (Anteliomys) wardi

Other common names

Ward's Chinese Vole · Ward's Oriental Vole

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1912.3.18.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/962b4aea-3616-45c9-a68f-967c1643d08a

Type locality

"Chamutong [= Tra-mu-tang], Upper Salween drainage-area, W. of A-tun-tsi, [Yunnan, China]. 13,000' [= 3962 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

moved from Eothenomys to Anteliomys

Taxonomy notes citation

Kryštufek, B., & Shenbrot, G. (2022). Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor Press, Maribor.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002189

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.

Microtus (Anteliomys) wardi

(O. Thomas, 1912)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

wardi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.3.18.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/962b4aea-3616-45c9-a68f-967c1643d08a

Authority page

516

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639273

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Eothenomys wardi

(Musser & Carleton, 2005)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

wardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136196/22375716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Anteliomys wardi

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

wardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

136

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

  1. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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