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Microtus ruffoi

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
Arvicola didelta, Arvicola involuta, M. agrestis, M. arvalis, M. australis, M. brecciensis (syn. M. mediterraneus), M. bucharicus, M. californicus (syn. M. scirpensis, Arvicola trowbridgii, Arvicola edax), M. chrotorrhinus, M. drummondi, M. duodecimcostatus, M. eleniae, M. epimticeps, M. guatemalensis, M. guentheri, M. guildayi (syn. Arvicola tetradelta, Arvicola sigmodus, M. involutus, Arvicola speothen), M. hibbardi, M. irene, M. kikuchii, M. leucurus, M. llanensis, M. longicaudus (syn. M. macrurus, Arvicola leucophaeus, M. vellerosus, M. cautus, Arvicola alticolus, M. angusticeps, Arvicola mordax), M. mandarinus, M. meadensis, M. mexicanus (syn. Arvicola mogollonensis, Arvicola phaeus, M. fulviventer), M. middendorffi, M. miguelensis, M. miurus, M. montanus (syn. Arvicola longirostris, M. nevadensis, Arvicola nanus, M. dutcheri), M. morlani, M. oaxacensis, M. ochrogaster, M. oeconomus, M. paroperarius, M. pennsylvanicus (syn. Arvicola riparius), M. pinetorum, M. quasiater, M. richardsoni, M. rossiaemeridionalis, M. umbrosus, M. xanthognathus, Pitymys aratai, Pitymys cumberlandensis, Pitymys mcnowni, Pitymys nemoralis, Pitymys parvulus
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. arvalissocialis, M. dentatus, M. fatioi, M. gregalis, M. gregaloides, M. mongolicus, M. nivalis, M. nivaloides, M. ratticeps, M. savii, M. subterraneus, M. burgondiae, M. rufoi, M. nivalis, M. subterraneus, M. hintoni, M. savii

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyArvicolinae()
tribeArvicoliniGiebel 1855
genusMicrotusSchrank 1798
speciesruffoi

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Verona) Allophaiomys ruffoi (43644)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Microtus pliocaenicus (42867)