Arvicola terrestris Linnaeus 1758 (European water vole)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combination: Mus terrestris
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Arvicola according to T. Galewski et al. 2006
See also Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Linnaeus 1758 and Thomas 1911
Sister taxon: Arvicola amphibius
Ecology: amphibious herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (12 collections), Germany (2), Greece (3), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), Monaco (1), the Netherlands (2), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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