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Arvicolinae (vole)
Taxonomy
Arvicolidae was named by Gray (1821). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Arvicolinae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Fejfar and Repenning (1998), Steppan et al. (2004), Seymour (2004), Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Bell and Bever (2006).
It was assigned to Rosores by Gray (1821); to Rodentia by Shoshani et al. (1989); to Muridae by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Seymour (2004); and to Cricetidae by Fejfar and Repenning (1998), Steppan et al. (2004), Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Bell and Bever (2006).
It was reranked as the subfamily Arvicolinae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Fejfar and Repenning (1998), Steppan et al. (2004), Seymour (2004), Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Bell and Bever (2006).
It was assigned to Rosores by Gray (1821); to Rodentia by Shoshani et al. (1989); to Muridae by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Seymour (2004); and to Cricetidae by Fejfar and Repenning (1998), Steppan et al. (2004), Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Bell and Bever (2006).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1821 | Arvicolidae Gray p. 303 |
| 1989 | Arvicolidae Shoshani et al. p. 436 |
| 1997 | Arvicolinae McKenna and Bell p. 151 |
| 1998 | Arvicolinae Fejfar and Repenning p. 169 |
| 2004 | Arvicolinae Seymour |
| 2004 | Arvicolinae Steppan et al. p. 547 |
| 2005 | Arvicolinae Wilson and Reeder |
| 2006 | Arvicolinae Bell and Bever p. 371 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subfm. Arvicolinae Gray 1821 [vole]
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Tr. Arvicolini Giebel 1855
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G. Arvicola Lacépède 1799
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Arvicola amphibius Linnaeus 1758 [European water vole]
Arvicola terrestris Linnaeus 1758 [European water vole]
G. Microtus Schrank 1798 [vole]
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Subg. †Microtus (Stenocranius) Kastschenko 1901
Microtus agrestis Linnaeus 1761 [field vole]
Microtus arvalis Pallas 1779 [common vole]
†Microtus australis Martin 1995
†Microtus brecciensis Forsyth Major 1905
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Invalid names: Microtus mediterraneus Chaline 1967 [synonym]
Microtus bucharicus Vinogradov 1930
Microtus californicus Peale 1848 [California vole]
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Invalid names: Arvicola edax Le Conte 1853 [synonym], Arvicola trowbridgii Baird 1858 [synonym], Microtus scirpensis Bailey 1900 [synonym]
Microtus chrotorrhinus Miller 1894 [rock vole]
Microtus drummondi Audubon and Bachman 1854
Microtus duodecimcostatus de Sélys-Longchamps 1839
†Microtus eleniae van der Meulen and Doukas 2001
†Microtus epimticeps Young
Microtus guatemalensis Merriam 1898 [Guatemalan vole]
Microtus guentheri Danford and Alston 1880 [Günther's vole]
†Microtus guildayi van der Meulen 1978
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Invalid names: Arvicola sigmodus Cope 1871 [synonym], Arvicola speothen Cope 1871 [synonym], Arvicola tetradelta Cope 1871 [synonym], Microtus involutus Cope 1871 [synonym]
†Microtus hibbardi Holman 1959
Microtus irene Thomas 1911
Microtus kikuchii Kuroda 1920
Microtus leucurus Blyth 1863
†Microtus llanensis Hibbard 1944
Microtus longicaudus Merriam 1888 [long-tailed vole]
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Invalid names: Arvicola alticolus Merriam 1890 [synonym], Arvicola leucophaeus Allen 1894 [synonym], Arvicola mordax Merriam 1891 [synonym], Microtus angusticeps Bailey 1898 [synonym], Microtus cautus Allen 1899 [synonym], Microtus macrurus Merriam 1898 [synonym], Microtus vellerosus Allen 1899 [synonym]
Microtus mandarinus Milne-Edwards 1871
†Microtus meadensis Hibbard 1944
Microtus mexicanus Saussure 1861 [Mexican vole]
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Invalid names: Arvicola mogollonensis Mearns 1890 [synonym], Arvicola phaeus Merriam 1892 [synonym], Microtus fulviventer Merriam 1898 [synonym]
Microtus middendorffi Poliakov 1881
†Microtus miguelensis Guthrie 1998
Microtus miurus Osgood 1901
Microtus montanus Peale 1848 [montane vole]
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Invalid names: Arvicola longirostris Baird 1858 [synonym], Arvicola nanus Merriam 1891 [synonym], Microtus dutcheri Bailey 1898 [synonym], Microtus nevadensis Bailey 1898 [synonym]
†Microtus morlani Storer 2004
Microtus oaxacensis Goodwin 1966 [Tarabundi vole]
Microtus ochrogaster Wagner 1842 [prairie vole]
Microtus oeconomus Pallas 1776 [tundra vole]
†Microtus paroperarius Hibbard 1944
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 [meadow vole]
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Invalid names: Arvicola riparius Ord 1825 [synonym]
Microtus pinetorum Le Conte 1830 [woodland vole]
†Microtus quasiater Miller 1896
Microtus richardsoni De Kay 1842 [water vole]
Microtus rossiaemeridionalis Ognev 1924 [sibling vole]
Microtus umbrosus Merriam 1898 [Zempoaltepec vole]
Microtus xanthognathus Leach 1815 [taiga vole]
Invalid names: Arvicola didelta Cope 1871 [nomen dubium], Arvicola involuta Cope 1871 [nomen dubium], Blanfordimys Argyropulo 1933 [synonym], Neodon [synonym], Pedomys Baird 1858 [synonym], Phaiomys Blyth 1863 [synonym], Pitymys McMurtrie 1831 [synonym], Terricola Fatio 1867 [synonym]
G. †Villanyia Kretzoi 1956
Tr. Dicrostonychini Kretzoi 1955
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G. Dicrostonyx Gloger 1841 [lemming]
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Dicrostonyx groenlandicus Traill 1823 [northern collared lemming]
Dicrostonyx hudsonius Pallas 1778 [Ungava collared lemming]
Dicrostonyx rubricatus Richardson 1839 [Bering collard lemming]
Dicrostonyx torquatus Pallas 1778 [Arctic lemming]
G. Dinaromys Kretzoi 1955
Tr. Lemmini Gray 1825
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G. Lemmus Link 1795
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Lemmus lemmus Linnaeus 1758 [Norway lemming]
Lemmus sibiricus Ognev 1947 [Siberian brown lemming]
Lemmus trimucronatus Richardson 1825 [brown lemming]
G. †Mimomys Forsyth-Major 1902
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†Mimomys dakotaensis Martin 1989
†Mimomys davakosi van de Weerd 1979
†Mimomys occitanus Thaler 1955
†Mimomys occitanus rhabonensis Radulescu et al. 1989
†Mimomys panacaensis Mou 1997
†Mimomys pliocaenicus Forsyth Major 1889
†Mimomys virginianus Repenning and Grady 1988
Invalid names: Cosomys Wilson 1932 [synonym], Cseria [synonym], Ophiomys Hibbard and Zakrzewski 1967 [synonym]
Tr. Myodini Kretzoi 1969
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G. Myodes Pallas 1811
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Myodes andersoni Thomas 1905
Myodes glareolus Schreber 1780
Myodes rutilus Pallas 1779
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Invalid names: Clethrionomys albiventer Hall and Gilmore 1932 [synonym], Evotomys alascensis Miller 1898 [synonym], Evotomys dawsoni Merriam 1888 [synonym], Evotomys orca Merriam 1900 [synonym]
Invalid names: Clethrionomys Tilesius 1850 [synonym]
Tr. Ondatrini Gray 1825
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G. Ondatra Link 1795 [muskrat]
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†Ondatra annectens Brown 1908
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Invalid names: Fiber oregonus Hollister 1911 [synonym], Ondatra kansasensis Hibbard 1944 [synonym]
†Ondatra idahoensis Wilson 1933
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Invalid names: Anaptogonia cloacina Cope 1896 [synonym], Arvicola hiatidens Cope 1871 [synonym]
†Ondatra minor Kretzoi 1955
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 [muskrat]
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Invalid names: Fiber nebrascensis Hollister 1911 [synonym], Ondatra triradicatus Starrett 1956 [synonym]
Invalid names: Anaptogonia Cope 1899 [synonym], Neondatra Hibbard 1937 [synonym], Pliopotamys Hibbard 1937 [synonym]
Tr. Phenacomyini Zagorodnyuk 1990
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G. Phenacomys Merriam 1889
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Subg. Phenacomys (Arborimus) Taylor 1915
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Arborimus albipes Merriam 1901 [white-footed vole]
Arborimus longicaudus True 1890 [red tree vole]
Arborimus pomo Johnson and George 1991 [Sonoma tree vole]
Invalid names: Paraphenacomys Repenning and Grady 1988 [synonym]
†Phenacomys brachyodus Repenning and Grady 1988
†Phenacomys deeringensis Guthrie and Matthews 1971
†Phenacomys gryci Repenning 1987
Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889 [western heather vole]
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Invalid names: Propliophenacomys uptegrovensis Martin 1975 [synonym]
Invalid names: Propliophenacomys Martin 1975 [synonym]
G. †Praesynaptomys Kowalski 1977
Tr. Prometheomyini Kretzoi 1955
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Tr. †Synaptomyini von Koenigswald and Martin 1984
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Invalid names: Ondatrinae Gray 1821 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.9 Ma
Collections (900 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Castellón) | Mimomys tornensis, Mimomys medasensis, Mimomys rex (183092) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Idaho) | Microtoscoptes sp. (19034) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Kazakhstan | Arvicola amphibius (76289) | |
| Zanclean | Turkey | Mimomys occitanus (234457) | |
| Ruscinian | Spain (Aragon) | Mimomys gracilis, Mimomys stehlini (35345) Mimomys occitanus (32103 32104) Mimomys stehlini (35344) Mimomys stehlini, Mimomys cappettai (35330) | |
| Ruscinian | Greece | Mimomys occitanus (31900 31907) | |
| Ruscinian | Greece (Macedonia) | Mimomys davakosi (35088) | |
| Ruscinian | Greece (Kozani) | Mimomys davakosi (205082 205086 205088) | |
| Ruscinian | Spain (Soria) | Mimomys stehlini (40548) | |
| Ruscinian | Spain (Andalucia) | Mimomys occitanus (34997) Mimomys sp. (34996) | |
| Ruscinian | Turkey (Ankara) | Mimomys davakosi (34370) | |
| Ruscinian | Spain (Albacete) | Mimomys occitanus (41944) Mimomys sp. (41943) | |
| Ruscinian | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Mimomys gracilis, Mimomys stehlini, Mimomys hassiacus, Mimomys occitanus (43633) | |
| Ruscinian | China (Hebei) | Mimomys orientalis (42478) | |
| Ruscinian | Greece (Katerini) | Mimomys sp. (205292) | |
| Ruscinian | Romania | Mimomys stehlini (40796) | |
| Ruscinian | Spain (Granada) | Mimomys stehlini (35252 35256) | |
| Pliocene | Spain (Granada) | Mimomys medasensis (34941) | |
| Pliocene | Romania (Oltenia) | Mimomys minor (39420) Mimomys rhabonensis (39425) Mimomys rhabonensis, Mimomys moldavicus (39414 39415 39416 39417) | |
| Pliocene | Spain (Albacete) | Mimomys cappettai, Mimomys sp. (40564) Mimomys medasensis (41933) Mimomys realensis (45917) Mimomys rex, Mimomys medasensis (41931 41932) | |