Microtus arvalis
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Microtus arvalis (Pallas, 1778). Nova Spec. Quadr. Glir. Ord., p. 78.
TYPE LOCALITY: Germany; neotype from Leningrad Oblast.
DISTRIBUTION: From C and N Spain throughout Europe (including Denmark) to western margin of Black Sea in the south and northeast to Kirov region (west of the Urals) in Russia; also populations on the Orkney Islands, Guernsey (Channel Islands), and Yeu (France) (see Niethammer and Krapp, 1982b, and Zagorodnyuk, 1991a).
SYNONYMS: albus, arvensis, angularis, assimilis, asturianus, brauneri, calypsus, caucasicus, cimbricus, contigua, cunicularius, depressa, duplicatus, flava, fulva, galliardi, grandis, heptneri, howelkae, igmanensis, incertus, incognitus, levis, meldensis, meridianus, orcadensis, oyaensis, principalis, ronaldshaiensis, rousiensis, rufescentefuscus, ruthenus, sandayensis, sarnius, simplex, terrestris (of Schrank, 1798, not Linnaeus, 1758), variabilis, vulgaris, westrae.
COMMENTS: Subgenus Microtus, arvalis species group sensu Zagorodnyuk (1990). Taxonomy and distribution generally reviewed by Corbet (1978c) and European populations by Niethammer and Krapp (1982). Morphological variation among samples from NE Spain was documented by Gosalbez and Sans-Coma (1977). Chromosomal data and comparisons with other species summarized by Zima and Krâl (1984a) and Burgos et al. (1989). Some of the synonyms listed and much of the southern and eastern distribution outlined for M. arvalis by Corbet (1978c) actually refer to either M. obscurus or M. rossiaemeridionalis (see those accounts).
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References
- Niethammer, J., and F. Krapp. 1982 b. Microtis arvalis (Pallas, 1779) -- Feldmaus. Pp. 284 - 318, in Handbuch der Saugetiere Europas (J. Niethammer and F. Krapp, eds.). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft (Wiesbaden), 2 / I: 1 - 649.
- Zagorodnyuk, I. V. 1991 a. Kariotipicheskaya izmenchivost' 46 - khromosomnykh form polevok gruppy Microtus arvalis (Rodentia): Taksonomicheskaya otsenka [Karyotypic variation of 46 - chromosome forms of voles of the Microtus arvalis group (Rodentia): Taxonomic evaluation]. Vestnik Zoologii, 1: 36 - 46 (in Russian).
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
- Zagorodnyuk, I. V. 1990. Kariotipicheskaya izmenchivost' i sistematika serykh polevok (Rodentia, Arvicolini). Soobshchenie 1. Vidovoi sostav i khromosomnye chisla [Karyotypic variability and systematics of the gray voles (Rodentia, Arvicolini). Communication 1. Species composition and chromosomal numbers]. Vestnik Zoologii, 2: 26 - 37 (in Russian).
- Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.
- Gosalbez, J., and V. Sans-Coma. 1977. Datos sobre Microtus arvalis Pallas, 1778, del Pirineo Catalan. Publicationes. Departamento de Zoologia (Barcelona), 11: 59 - 68.
- Zima, J., and B. Kral. 1984 a. Karyotypes of European mammals. II. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium, Academiae Scientarium Bohemoslovacae (Brno), 18 (8): 1 - 62.
- Burgos, M., R. Jimenez, and R. Diaz de la Guardia. 1989. Comparative study of G- and C-banded chromosomes of five species of Microtidae. Genetica, 78: 3 - 12.