Microtus arvalis
Description
Microtus arvalis (Pallas, 1778). Nova Spec. Quad. Glir. Ord., p. 78.
TYPE LOCALITY: Germany, no exact locality; neotype from U.S. S. R., R.S.F.S. R., Leningrad Obi.
DISTRIBUTION: France and N. Spain east through Europe and Siberia to the upper Yenesei River; south to N. Turkey, Caucasus, Lake Balkash, Sinkiang (China) (SW), and Altai Mtns.; isolates in Guernsey and Orkney Isis.
COMMENT: Subgenus Microtus; see Anderson, 1960, Univ. Kans. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 12: 181 -216. Includes ilaeus; see Meier and Yatsenko, 1980, Zool. Zh., 59(2):283-288, who used kirgisorum for what was formerly known as ilaeus; "ilaeus” (now kirgisorum) was considered distinct by Corbet, 1978: 114, on the basis of evidence of hybrid sterility, also see Meier, 1976, Trans. I Inti. Theriol. Congr., 1:400-401; see also comment under kirgisorum. Includes orcadensis; see Corbet, 1961, Nature (Lond.), 191: 1037-1040. Includes igmanensis; see Zivkovic et al., 1975, Arh. Biol. Nauka, 26:123- 134, and Corbet, 1978:113. The status of igmanensis needs further clarification (SRL); see also comment under epiroticus. Type locality of neotype fixed by Meier et al., 1972, Zool. Zh., 51: 157- 161.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008080002001 as M. arvalis.
5301410008080033001 as M. orcadensis.
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353034 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFD61569FFA704276E76FFF8C013FFC6 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Arvicolidae
- Genus
- Microtus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Pallas
- Species
- arvalis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Microtus arvalis (Pallas, 1778) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982
References
- Anderson, S. 1960. The baculum in microtine rodents. University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, 12: 181 - 216.