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The Arvicolinae are a subfamily of
rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...
s that includes the
vole Voles are small rodents that are relatives of lemmings and hamsters, but with a stouter body; a longer, hairy tail; a slightly rounder head; smaller eyes and ears; and differently formed molars (high-crowned with angular cusps instead of lo ...
s,
lemming A lemming is a small rodent, usually found in or near the Arctic in tundra biomes. Lemmings form the subfamily Arvicolinae (also known as Microtinae) together with voles and muskrats, which form part of the superfamily Muroidea, which also includ ...
s, and muskrats. They are most closely related to the other subfamilies in the
Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At almost 608 species, it is the second-largest family of mammals, and h ...
(comprising the
hamster Hamsters are rodents (order Rodentia) belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae, which contains 19 species classified in seven genera.Fox, Sue. 2006. ''Hamsters''. T.F.H. Publications Inc. They have become established as popular small pets. The ...
s and
New World rats and mice The New World rats and mice are a group of related rodents found in North and South America. They are extremely diverse in appearance and ecology, ranging in from the tiny ''Baiomys'' to the large ''Kunsia''. They represent one of the few exampl ...
). Some authorities place the subfamily Arvicolinae in the family Muridae along with all other members of the superfamily
Muroidea The Muroidea are a large superfamily of rodents, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, lemmings, gerbils, and many other relatives. Although the Muroidea originated in Eurasia, they occupy a vast variety of habitats on every continent excep ...
. Some refer to the subfamily as the Microtinae (yielding the adjective "microtine") or rank the taxon as a full
family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
, the Arvicolidae. The Arvicolinae are the most populous group of
Rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...
ia in the Northern Hemisphere. They often are found in fossil occlusions of bones cached by past predators such as owls and other birds of prey. Fossils of this group are often used for
biostratigraphic Biostratigraphy is the branch of stratigraphy which focuses on correlating and assigning relative ages of rock strata by using the fossil assemblages contained within them.Hine, Robert. “Biostratigraphy.” ''Oxford Reference: Dictionary of Bio ...
dating of paleontological and archeological sites in North America and Europe.


Description

The most convenient distinguishing feature of the Arvicolinae is the nature of their molar teeth, which have prismatic cusps in the shape of alternating triangles. These molars are an adaptation to a
herbivorous A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet. As a result of their plant diet, herbivorous animals typically have mouthpar ...
diet in which the major food plants include a large proportion of abrasive materials such as
phytolith Phytoliths (from Greek, "plant stone") are rigid, microscopic structures made of silica, found in some plant tissues and persisting after the decay of the plant. These plants take up silica from the soil, whereupon it is deposited within different ...
s; the teeth get worn down by abrasion throughout the adult life of the animal and they grow continuously in compensation. Arvicolinae are
Holarctic The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical reg ...
in distribution and represent one of only a few major
muroid The Muroidea are a large superfamily of rodents, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, lemmings, gerbils, and many other relatives. Although the Muroidea originated in Eurasia, they occupy a vast variety of habitats on every continent excep ...
radiations to reach the
New World The term ''New World'' is often used to mean the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. ...
via Beringia. (The others are the three subfamilies of
New World rats and mice The New World rats and mice are a group of related rodents found in North and South America. They are extremely diverse in appearance and ecology, ranging in from the tiny ''Baiomys'' to the large ''Kunsia''. They represent one of the few exampl ...
.) Arvicolines do very well in the subnival zone beneath the winter snowpack, and persist throughout winter without needing to
hibernate Hibernation is a state of minimal activity and metabolic depression undergone by some animal species. Hibernation is a seasonal heterothermy characterized by low body-temperature, slow breathing and heart-rate, and low metabolic rate. It most ...
. They are also characterized by extreme fluctuations in population numbers. Most arvicolines are small, furry, short-tailed
vole Voles are small rodents that are relatives of lemmings and hamsters, but with a stouter body; a longer, hairy tail; a slightly rounder head; smaller eyes and ears; and differently formed molars (high-crowned with angular cusps instead of lo ...
s or
lemming A lemming is a small rodent, usually found in or near the Arctic in tundra biomes. Lemmings form the subfamily Arvicolinae (also known as Microtinae) together with voles and muskrats, which form part of the superfamily Muroidea, which also includ ...
s, but some, such as ''
Ellobius ''Ellobius'' is a genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It is the only member of the tribe Ellobiusini. It contains two ('' E. lutescens'' and '' E. tancrei'') of the handful of examples of mammal species that have lost the Y chromosome. Th ...
'' and ''
Hyperacrius ''Hyperacrius'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species: * True's vole True's vole (''Hyperacrius fertilis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in India and Pakistan P ...
'', are well adapted to a fossorial lifestyle. Others, such as ''
Ondatra The muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America. The muskrat is found in wetlands over a wide range of climates and habitat ...
'', ''
Neofiber The round-tailed muskrat (''Neofiber alleni'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, sometimes called the Florida water rat.Arvicola'', have evolved larger body sizes and are associated with an aquatic lifestyle.


Phylogeny

The
phylogeny A phylogenetic tree (also phylogeny or evolutionary tree Felsenstein J. (2004). ''Inferring Phylogenies'' Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA.) is a branching diagram or a tree showing the evolutionary relationships among various biological spe ...
of the Arvicolinae has been studied using morphological and molecular characters. Markers for the molecular phylogeny of arvicolines included the mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b (''cyb'') gene and the exon 10 of the
growth hormone receptor Growth hormone receptor is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''GHR'' gene. GHR orthologs have been identified in most mammals. Structure Growth hormone receptor (GHR) is a transmembrane protein consisting of 620 amino acids. The recep ...
(''ghr'') nuclear gene.Galewski T, Tilak M, Sanchez S, Chevret P, Paradis E, Douzery EJP. 2006
The evolutionary radiation of Arvicolinae rodents (voles and lemmings): relative contribution of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA phylogenies. BMC Evol. Biol. 6:80
 The comparison of the ''cyb'' and ''ghr'' phylogenetic results seems to indicate nuclear genes are useful for resolving relationships of recently evolved animals. As compared to mitochondrial genes,
nuclear gene A nuclear gene is a gene whose physical DNA nucleotide sequence is located in the cell nucleus of a eukaryote. The term is used to distinguish nuclear genes from genes found in mitochondria or chloroplasts. The vast majority of genes in eukary ...
s display several informative sites in third codon positions that evolve rapidly enough to accumulate synapomorphies, but slow enough to avoid evolutionary noise. Of note, mitochondrial
pseudogenes Pseudogenes are nonfunctional segments of DNA that resemble functional genes. Most arise as superfluous copies of functional genes, either directly by DNA duplication or indirectly by reverse transcription of an mRNA transcript. Pseudogenes are ...
translocated within the nuclear genome complicate the assessment of the mitochondrial DNA orthology, but they can also be used as phylogenetic markers. Sequencing complete mitochondrial genomes of voles may help to distinguish between authentic genes and pseudogenes. The complementary phylogenetic analysis of morphological and molecular characters suggests: * ''
Ellobius ''Ellobius'' is a genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It is the only member of the tribe Ellobiusini. It contains two ('' E. lutescens'' and '' E. tancrei'') of the handful of examples of mammal species that have lost the Y chromosome. Th ...
'', ''
Prometheomys The long-clawed mole vole (''Prometheomys schaposchnikowi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Prometheomys''. It is found in Georgia and Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially th ...
'', and '' Lagurus'' are among the most basal arvicolines. * '' Dicrostonyx'', '' Phenacomys'', and '' Arborimus'' may form a clade. * Core arvicolines include three subclades: **
Lemmini Lemmini is a tribe of lemmings in the subfamily Arvicolinae. Species in this tribe are: Tribe Lemmini * Genus ''Lemmus'' - true lemmings ** Amur lemming (''L. amurensis'') ** Norway lemming (''L. lemmus'') ** Beringian lemming (''L. nigripes' ...
: ''Synaptomys'', ''Lemmus'', ''Myopus'' ** Clethrionomyini: ''Eothenomys'', ''Myodes'' **
Arvicolini Arvicolini is a tribe of voles in the subfamily Arvicolinae. A 2021 study found that '' Arvicola'' may not belong in this group, instead being sister to the tribe Lagurini. List of species Tribe Arvicolini *Genus '' Arvicola'' - water voles ** ...
: ''Arvicola'', ''Chionomys'', ''Stenocranius'', and ''Microtus'' * ''
Microtus ''Microtus'' is a genus of voles found in North America, Europe and northern Asia. The genus name refers to the small ears of these animals. About 62 species are placed in the genus. They are stout rodents with short ears, legs and tails. They ea ...
'' ''sensu lato'' contains ''Alexandromys'', ‘''Neodon''’, ''Mynomes'', ''Lasiopodomys'', ''Terricola'', and ''Microtus'' ''sensu stricto''. * ''
Ondatra The muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America. The muskrat is found in wetlands over a wide range of climates and habitat ...
'' and ''
Dinaromys The Balkan snow vole (''Dinaromys bogdanovi''), also known as Martino's snow vole, is the only member of the genus ''Dinaromys''. Eight subspecies of this vole have been recognized from southern parts of Europe. The genus name means "Dinaric mo ...
'' positions are uncertain, probably compromised by the
convergent evolution Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time. Convergent evolution creates analogous structures that have similar form or function but were not present in the last com ...
of morphological characters. Some authorities have placed the
zokor Zokors are Asiatic burrowing rodents resembling mole-rats. They include two genera: '' Myospalax'' and '' Eospalax''. Zokors are native to much of China, Kazakhstan, and Siberian Russia. Traditionally, zokors were thought to be closely relate ...
s within the Arvicolinae, but they have been shown to be unrelated. A 2021 study found
Lemmini Lemmini is a tribe of lemmings in the subfamily Arvicolinae. Species in this tribe are: Tribe Lemmini * Genus ''Lemmus'' - true lemmings ** Amur lemming (''L. amurensis'') ** Norway lemming (''L. lemmus'') ** Beringian lemming (''L. nigripes' ...
to be the most basal group of Arvicolinae. The study also found '' Arvicola'' to actually fall outside the tribe
Arvicolini Arvicolini is a tribe of voles in the subfamily Arvicolinae. A 2021 study found that '' Arvicola'' may not belong in this group, instead being sister to the tribe Lagurini. List of species Tribe Arvicolini *Genus '' Arvicola'' - water voles ** ...
, and to be sister to the tribe
Lagurini Lagurini is a tribe of lemmings in the subfamily Arvicolinae. It contains three species in two genera. Species in this tribe are known as steppe lemmings. It contains the following species: * Genus ''Eolagurus'' ** Yellow steppe lemming, ''E. ...
.


Classification

Subfamily Arvicolinae -
vole Voles are small rodents that are relatives of lemmings and hamsters, but with a stouter body; a longer, hairy tail; a slightly rounder head; smaller eyes and ears; and differently formed molars (high-crowned with angular cusps instead of lo ...
s,
lemming A lemming is a small rodent, usually found in or near the Arctic in tundra biomes. Lemmings form the subfamily Arvicolinae (also known as Microtinae) together with voles and muskrats, which form part of the superfamily Muroidea, which also includ ...
s, muskrats The subfamily Arvicolinae contains eleven tribes, eight of which are classified as voles, two as lemmings, and one as muskrats. * Tribe
Arvicolini Arvicolini is a tribe of voles in the subfamily Arvicolinae. A 2021 study found that '' Arvicola'' may not belong in this group, instead being sister to the tribe Lagurini. List of species Tribe Arvicolini *Genus '' Arvicola'' - water voles ** ...
** Genus '' Arvicola'' - water voles *** European (or Northern) water vole, ''A. amphibius'' (''A. terrestris'') *** Southwestern (or southern) water vole, ''A. sapidus'' ***
Montane water vole The montane water vole (''Arvicola scherman'') is a species of vole found throughout Europe, from the mountains of northern Spain through central Europe and eastwards through to central Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country loc ...
, ''A. scherman'' ** Genus ''
Chionomys ''Chionomys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species: * Caucasian snow vole (''Chionomys gud'') * European snow vole (''Chionomys nivalis'') * Robert's snow vole Robert's snow vole (''Chionomys robe ...
'' - snow voles *** Caucasian snow vole, ''C. gud'' *** European snow vole, ''C. nivalis'' ***
Robert's snow vole Robert's snow vole (''Chionomys roberti'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Russian Federation, and Turkey. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland A gras ...
, ''C. roberti'' ** Genus '' Lasiopodomys'' *** Brandt's vole, ''L. brandtii'' *** Plateau vole, ''L. fuscus'' *** Mandarin vole, ''L. mandarinus'' ** Genus ''
Lemmiscus The sagebrush vole (''Lemmiscus curtatus'') is a tiny vole found in western North America. This is the only member of genus ''Lemmiscus''. They are somewhat similar in appearance to lemmings. They have chunky bodies with short legs and a very sh ...
'' *** Sagebrush vole, ''L. curtatus'' ** Genus ''
Microtus ''Microtus'' is a genus of voles found in North America, Europe and northern Asia. The genus name refers to the small ears of these animals. About 62 species are placed in the genus. They are stout rodents with short ears, legs and tails. They ea ...
'' - voles *** Insular vole, ''M. abbreviatus'' ***
California vole The California vole (''Microtus californicus'') is a type of vole which lives throughout much of California and part of southwestern Oregon. It is also known as the "California meadow mouse", a misnomer as this species is a vole, not a mouse. It a ...
, ''M. californicus'' *** Rock vole, ''M. chrotorrhinus'' ***
Long-tailed vole The long-tailed vole (''Microtus longicaudus''), in some areas known as the San Bernardino long-tailed vole, is a small vole found in western North America. They have short ears and a long tail. Their fur is gray brown with light gray underparts ...
, ''M. longicaudus'' ***
Mexican vole The Mexican vole (''Microtus mexicanus'') is a species of vole. The Hualapai Mexican vole (''M. m. hualapaiensis'') was formerly recognized as a subspecies and was a protected taxon under the United States Endangered Species Act until 2017. Sever ...
, ''M. mexicanus'' ***
Singing vole The singing vole (''Microtus miurus''), is a medium-sized vole found in northwestern North America, including Alaska and northwestern Canada. Physical characteristics Singing voles have short ears, often concealed by their long fur, and a short t ...
, ''M. miurus'' *** North American water vole, ''M. richardsoni'' ***
Zempoaltépec vole The Zempoaltépec vole (''Microtus umbrosus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. The name ''Microtus'' is from the Greek word ''mikros'' meaning small and ''otus'' meaning ear. The name ''umbrosus'' could be from the Latin ''umbros' ...
, ''M. umbrosus'' ***
Taiga vole The taiga vole (''Microtus xanthognathus'') is a large vole found in northwestern North America, including Alaska and northwestern Canada. The name "taiga vole" comes from its living in the boreal taiga zone. It is also sometimes called the yello ...
, ''M. xanthognathus'' *** Subgenus ''Microtus'' ****
Field vole The short-tailed field vole, short-tailed vole, or simply field vole (''Microtus agrestis'') is a grey-brown vole, around 10 cm in length, with a short tail. It is one of the most common mammals in Europe, with a range extending from the Atl ...
, ''M. agrestis'' **** Anatolian vole, ''M. anatolicus'' ****
Common vole The common vole (''Microtus arvalis'') is a European rodent. Distribution and habitat The common vole is hardly restricted in means of distribution and habitat and inhabits large areas of Eurasia but, apart from the Orkney vole, not the Bri ...
, ''M. arvalis'' ****
Cabrera's vole Cabrera's vole (''Microtus cabrerae'') is a species of vole native to Spain and Portugal. It is named for Ángel Cabrera, a mammalogist then working at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid. It is the only living member of the subge ...
, ''M. cabrerae'' **** Doğramaci's vole, ''M. dogramacii'' **** Elbeyli vole, ''M. elbeyli'' **** Günther's vole, ''M. guentheri'' **** Harting's vole, ''M. hartingii'' ****
Tien Shan vole The Tien Shan vole (''Microtus ilaeus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ...
, ''M. ilaeus'' **** Persian vole, ''M. irani'' ****
Mediterranean field vole The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the e ...
, ''M. lavernedii'' **** Turkish vole, ''M. lydius'' ****
Kerman vole Kerman ( fa, كرمان, Kermân ; also romanized as Kermun and Karmana), known in ancient times as the satrapy of Carmania, is the capital city of Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 821,394, in 221,389 households, m ...
, ''M. kermanensis'' **** Southern vole, ''M. levis'' ****
Paradox vole The paradox vole ('Microtus paradoxus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in southern Turkmenistan. References

* D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2005: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third ...
, ''M. paradoxus'' **** Qazvin vole, ''M. qazvinensis'' ****
Portuguese field vole The short-tailed field vole, short-tailed vole, or simply field vole (''Microtus agrestis'') is a grey-brown vole, around 10 cm in length, with a short tail. It is one of the most common mammals in Europe, with a range extending from the Atl ...
, ''M. rosianus'' **** Schidlovsky's vole, ''M. schidlovskii'' **** Social vole, ''M. socialis'' **** European pine vole, ''M. subterraneus'' **** Transcaspian vole, ''M. transcaspicus'' *** Subgenus '' Blanfordimys'' ****
Afghan vole The Afghan vole (''Microtus afghanus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in south-central Asia. Characteristics The Afghan vole has a small, stocky body, a blunt, rounded muzzle and rounded ears. The colour varies ac ...
, ''M. afghanus'' **** Bucharian vole, ''M. bucharicus'' **** Juniper vole, ''M. juldaschi'' ***Subgenus ''
Terricola Geoplanidae is a family of flatworms known commonly as land planarians or land flatworms. These flatworms are mainly predators of other invertebrates, which they hunt, attack and capture using physical force and the adhesive and digestive proper ...
'' **** Bavarian pine vole, ''M. bavaricus'' **** Calabria pine vole, ''M. brachycercus'' **** Daghestan pine vole, ''M. daghestanicus'' **** Mediterranean pine vole, ''M. duodecimcostatus'' **** Felten's vole, ''M. felteni'' ****
Liechtenstein's pine vole Liechtenstein's pine vole (''Microtus liechtensteini'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in central and eastern Europe, from northern Italy through to Austria, Slovenia and Croatia , image_flag = Flag of C ...
, ''M. liechtensteini'' **** Lusitanian pine vole, ''M. lusitanicus'' **** Major's pine vole, ''M. majori'' ****
Alpine pine vole The alpine pine vole (''Microtus multiplex'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Austria, France, Italy, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegowina (Una National ParkSicilian pine vole Savi's pine vole (''Microtus savii'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in France and Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It ...
, ''M. nebrodensis'' ****
Savi's pine vole Savi's pine vole (''Microtus savii'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in France and Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It ...
, ''M. savii'' **** Tatra pine vole, ''M. tatricus'' **** Thomas's pine vole, ''M. thomasi'' *** Subgenus ''
Mynomes ''Mynomes'' is a North American subgenus of voles in the genus ''Microtus''. Species in this subgenus are: * Gray-tailed vole, ''M. canicaudus'' *Western meadow vole ''M. drummondii'' *Florida salt marsh vole ''M. dukecampbelli'' *Montane vole, ' ...
'' ****
Gray-tailed vole The gray-tailed vole (''Microtus canicaudus'') also known as the gray-tailed meadow vole or gray-tailed meadow mouse, is a rodent in the genus ''Microtus'' (small-eared "meadow voles") of the family Cricetidae. Voles are small mammals, and this ...
, ''M. canicaudus'' ****
Western meadow vole The western meadow vole (''Microtus drummondii'') is a species of North American vole found in midwestern and western Canada and the United States, and formerly in Mexico. It was formerly considered conspecific with the eastern meadow vole (''M. ...
, ''M. drummondi'' ****
Florida salt marsh vole The Florida salt marsh vole (''Microtus dukecampbelli'') is a North American vole endemic to the state of Florida in the United States. Taxonomy It was formerly thought conspecific with the eastern meadow vole (''M. pennsylvanicus''), but more ...
, ''M. dukecampbelli'' ****
Montane vole The montane vole (''Microtus montanus'') is a species of vole native to the western United States and Canada. Description Montane voles are medium-sized voles, with a total length of , including the tail. Adults typically weigh anything from , ...
, ''M. montanus'' ****
Creeping vole The creeping vole (''Microtus oregoni''), sometimes known as the Oregon meadow mouse, is a small rodent in the family Cricetidae. Ranging across the Pacific Northwest of North America, it is found in forests, grasslands, woodlands, and chaparral ...
, ''M. oregoni'' ****
Eastern meadow vole The eastern meadow vole (''Microtus pennsylvanicus''), sometimes called the field mouse or meadow mouse, is a North American vole found in eastern Canada and the United States. Its range extends farther south along the Atlantic coast. The west ...
, ''M. pennsylvanicus'' ****
Townsend's vole Townsend's vole (''Microtus townsendii'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, the sister species of '' M. canicaudus''. It is found in temperate grasslands of British Columbia in Canada and in the states of Washington and Oregon in t ...
, ''M. townsendii'' *** Subgenus ''
Alexandromys ''Alexandromys'' is a genus of voles in the subfamily Arvicolinae, formerly a subgenus of the genus ''Microtus''. Species in this genus are: * Alpine vole (''Alexandromys alpinus'') * Evorsk vole (''Alexandromys evoronensis'') *Reed vole The ...
'' **** Clarke's vole, ''M. clarkei'' **** Evorsk vole, ''M. evoronensis'' ****
Reed vole The reed vole (''Alexandromys fortis'') is a species of vole. It is found in northern and central Eurasia, including northern China and the Korean Peninsula. This species is somewhat larger and longer-tailed than most other voles. Description ...
, ''M. fortis'' **** Gerbe's vole, ''M. gerbei'' **** Taiwan vole, ''M. kikuchii'' **** Lacustrine vole, ''M. limnophilus'' ****
Maximowicz's vole Maximowicz's vole (''Microtus maximowiczii'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in northeastern China, Mongolia, and eastern Russia. Description Maximowicz's vole is one of the largest voles in the genus ''Microtus''. ...
, ''M. maximowiczii'' ****
Middendorf's vole Middendorf's vole (''Microtus middendorffi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Russia, most commonly north Siberia. The common name commemorates Alexander Theodor von Middendorff (1815–1894), a German–Rus ...
, ''M. middendorffi'' **** Mongolian vole, ''M. mongolicus'' **** Japanese grass vole, ''M. montebelli'' **** Muisk vole, ''Microtus mujanensis'' ****
Tundra vole The tundra vole (''Microtus oeconomus'') or root vole is a medium-sized vole found in Northern and Central Europe, Asia, and northwestern North America, including Alaska and northwestern Canada. In the western part of the Netherlands, the tundra ...
(root vole), ''M. oeconomus'' **** Sakhalin vole, ''M. sachalinensis'' *** Subgenus '' Stenocranius'' **** Narrow-headed vole, ''M. gregalis'' *** Subgenus ''
Pitymys Pitymys is a subgenus of voles in the genus Microtus ''Microtus'' is a genus of voles found in North America, Europe and northern Asia. The genus name refers to the small ears of these animals. About 62 species are placed in the genus. They ar ...
'' ****
Guatemalan vole The Guatemalan vole (''Microtus guatemalensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico, in montane Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in thes ...
, ''M. guatemalensis'' ****
Tarabundí vole The Tarabundí vole (''Microtus oaxacensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America ...
, ''M. oaxacensis'' ****
Woodland vole The woodland vole (''Microtus pinetorum'') is a small vole found in eastern North America. It is also known as the pine vole. Characteristics The woodland vole has a head and body length ranging between with a short tail. Its weight ranges be ...
, ''M. pinetorum'' ****
Jalapan pine vole The Jalapan pine vole (''Microtus quasiater'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, found only in Mexico. The scientific name ''quasiater'' translates as "almost black", while the common name refers to the city of Jalapa, close to wh ...
, ''M. quasiater'' *** Subgenus ''
Pedomys The prairie vole (''Microtus ochrogaster'') is a small vole found in central North America. The vole has long, coarse grayish-brown fur on the upper portion of the body and yellowish fur on the lower portion of the body. It has short ears and a ...
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Prairie vole The prairie vole (''Microtus ochrogaster'') is a small vole found in central North America. The vole has long, coarse grayish-brown fur on the upper portion of the body and yellowish fur on the lower portion of the body. It has short ears and a ...
, ''M. ochrogaster'' *** Subgenus '' Hyrcanicola'' ****
Schelkovnikov's pine vole Schelkovnikov's pine vole (''Microtus schelkovnikovi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Azerbaijan and Iran. It has recently been considered the sole species in the subgenus ''Hyrcanicola''. References

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, ''M. schelkovnikovi'' ** Genus ''
Neodon ''Neodon'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Species within ''Neodon'' are classified as relics of the Pleistocene epoch because the occlusal patterns resemble the extinct '' Allophaiomys''. The genus ''Neodon'' contains the follow ...
'' - mountain voles ***
Chinese scrub vole The Chinese scrub vole, or Irene's mountain vole, (''Neodon irene'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to mountainous parts of southern China and is very similar to the Sikkim mountain vole in appearance. The Interna ...
, ''N. irene'' ***
Sikkim mountain vole The Sikkim mountain vole (''Neodon sikimensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Bhutan, India, Nepal and China. Description The Sikkim mountain vole has a head-and-body length of between and a tail length of . ...
, ''N. sikimensis'' ***
Forrest's mountain vole Forrest's mountain vole (''Neodon forresti'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found within China in northwest Yunnan. The initial study by Hinton in 1923 identified it as morphologically close to the Chinese scrub vole (''N. irene ...
, ''N. forresti'' ***
Linzhi mountain vole The Linzhi mountain vole (''Neodon linzhiensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, count ...
, ''N. linzhiensis'' ** Genus ''
Phaiomys Blyth's vole (''Phaiomys leucurus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Phaiomys''. It is found in mountainous regions in northern India, Nepal and China. It is a burrowing rodent and lives in ...
'' *** Blyth's vole, ''P. leucurus'' ** Genus ''
Proedromys ''Proedromys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae from China. It is part of the tribe Arvicolini within the subfamily Arvicolinae, which contains the voles, lemming A lemming is a small rodent, usually found in or near the Arctic in ...
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Duke of Bedford's vole The Duke of Bedford's vole (''Proedromys bedfordi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in mountainous parts of central China. It is a rare species and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assesse ...
, ''P. bedfordi'' ***
Liangshan vole The Liangshan vole (''Proedromys liangshanensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, ...
, ''P. liangshanensis'' ** Genus ''
Volemys ''Volemys'' is a small genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species, both of which are endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, ...
'' *** Szechuan vole, ''V. millicens'' ***
Marie's vole Marie's vole (''Volemys musseri'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in China. ''Volemys musseri'' is one of two species in the genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological cla ...
, ''V. musseri'' * Tribe
Dicrostonychini Dicrostonychini is a tribe of lemmings in the subfamily Arvicolinae The Arvicolinae are a subfamily of rodents that includes the voles, lemmings, and muskrats. They are most closely related to the other subfamilies in the Cricetidae (compris ...
- collared lemmings ** Genus '' Dicrostonyx'' ***
Northern collared lemming The northern collared lemming or Nearctic collared lemming (''Dicrostonyx groenlandicus''), sometimes called the Peary Land collared lemming in Canada, is a small lemming found in Arctic North America and Wrangel Island. At one time, it was consi ...
, ''D. groenlandicus'' *** Nelson's collared lemming, ''D. nelsoni'' *** Ungava collared lemming, ''D. hudsonius'' ***
Ogilvie Mountains collared lemming The Ogilvie Mountains collared lemming (''Dicrostonyx nunatakensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Yukon Territory, Canada.Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. (2005). Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 ''in'' ...
, ''D. nunatakensis'' *** Richardson's collared lemming, ''D. richardsoni'' ***
Arctic lemming The Arctic lemming (''Dicrostonyx torquatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Although generally classified as a "least concern" species, the Novaya Zemlya subspecies ''(Dicrostonyx torquatus ungulatus)'' is considered a vulner ...
, ''D. torquatus'' ***
Unalaska collared lemming The Unalaska collared lemming (''Dicrostonyx unalascensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. This species is found on two islands, Umnak and Unalaska, in the Aleutian Archipelago of Alaska in the United States. Its natural habita ...
, ''D. unalascensis'' * Tribe Ellobiusini - mole voles ** Genus ''
Ellobius ''Ellobius'' is a genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It is the only member of the tribe Ellobiusini. It contains two ('' E. lutescens'' and '' E. tancrei'') of the handful of examples of mammal species that have lost the Y chromosome. Th ...
'' - mole voles *** Alai mole vole, ''E. alaicus'' *** Southern mole vole, ''E. fuscocapillus'' ***
Transcaucasian mole vole The Transcaucasian mole vole (''Ellobius lutescens'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Turkey. Chromosomes The karyotype has a low, odd, diploid number, 2n = 17,X. Transc ...
, ''E. lutescens'' *** Northern mole vole, ''E. talpinus'' ***
Zaisan mole vole The Zaisan mole vole (''Ellobius tancrei''), or eastern mole vole, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in central Asia. Description The Zaisan mole vole is highly adapted to life underground. It grows to a head and body ...
, ''E. tancrei'' * Tribe
Lagurini Lagurini is a tribe of lemmings in the subfamily Arvicolinae. It contains three species in two genera. Species in this tribe are known as steppe lemmings. It contains the following species: * Genus ''Eolagurus'' ** Yellow steppe lemming, ''E. ...
** Genus '' Eolagurus'' *** Yellow steppe lemming, ''E. luteus'' *** Przewalski's steppe lemming, ''E. przewalskii'' ** Genus '' Lagurus'' ***
Steppe lemming The steppe lemming or steppe vole (''Lagurus lagurus'') is a small, plump, light-grey rodent, similar in appearance to the Norway lemming ('' Lemmus lemmus''), but not in the same genus. The steppe lemming eats shoots and leaves and is more act ...
, ''L. lagurus'' * Tribe
Lemmini Lemmini is a tribe of lemmings in the subfamily Arvicolinae. Species in this tribe are: Tribe Lemmini * Genus ''Lemmus'' - true lemmings ** Amur lemming (''L. amurensis'') ** Norway lemming (''L. lemmus'') ** Beringian lemming (''L. nigripes' ...
** Genus '' Lemmus'' - true lemmings ***
Amur lemming The Amur lemming (''Lemmus amurensis'') is a species of lemmings found near the Amur River in Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of ...
, ''L. amurensis'' ***
Norway lemming The Norway lemming, also known as the Norwegian lemming (''Lemmus lemmus'') is a common species of lemming found in northern Fennoscandia, where it is the only vertebrate species endemic to the region. The Norway lemming dwells in tundra and fell ...
, ''L. lemmus'' ***
Beringian lemming The Beringian lemming or Beringian brown lemming (''Lemmus nigripes'') is a species of lemming found in Russia and North America. Taxonomy It was formerly considered conspecific with the Canadian lemming (''L. trimucronatus'') with both spec ...
, ''L. nigripes'' ***
East Siberian lemming The East Siberian lemming, Eastern Siberian brown lemming, or Ognev's lemming (''Lemmus paulus'') is a species of lemming endemic to Russia, where it has a disjunct distribution throughout parts of Siberia east of the Verkhoyansk Range. Taxono ...
, ''L. paulus'' ***
West Siberian lemming The West Siberian lemming or Western Siberian brown lemming (''Lemmus sibiricus'') is a true lemming species found in the Russian Federation. Like other lemmings, it belongs to the Cricetidae family of rodents. It is endemic to Russia, where i ...
, ''L. sibiricus'' *** Canadian lemming, ''L. trimucronatus'' ** Genus ''
Myopus The wood lemming (''Myopus schisticolor'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It belongs to the rodent subfamily Arvicolinae, so is a relative of the voles, lemmings, and muskrats. It is found in the taiga biome of China, Estonia, F ...
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Wood lemming The wood lemming (''Myopus schisticolor'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It belongs to the rodent subfamily Arvicolinae, so is a relative of the voles, lemmings, and muskrats. It is found in the taiga biome of China, Estonia, F ...
, ''M. schisticolor'' ** Genus '' Synaptomys'' - bog lemmings *** Northern bog lemming, ''S. borealis'' ***
Southern bog lemming The southern bog lemming (''Synaptomys cooperi'') is a small North American lemming A lemming is a small rodent, usually found in or near the Arctic in tundra biomes. Lemmings form the subfamily Arvicolinae (also known as Microtinae) together ...
, ''S. cooperi'' * Tribe
Myodini The Myodini are a tribe of forest voles in the subfamily Arvicolinae. Species in this tribe are: *Tribe Myodini **Genus '' Alticola'' - voles from Central Asia ***Subgenus ''Alticola'' **** White-tailed mountain vole, ''A. albicauda'' **** Silve ...
** Genus ''
Alticola ''Alticola'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Species *Subgenus ''Alticola'' ** White-tailed mountain vole (''Alticola albicauda'') ** Silver mountain vole (''Alticola argentatus'') ** Gobi Altai mountain vole (''Alticola ba ...
'' - voles from
Central Asia Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes t ...
*** Subgenus ''Alticola'' **** White-tailed mountain vole, ''A. albicauda'' **** Silver mountain vole, ''A. argentatus'' **** Gobi Altai mountain vole, ''A. barakshin'' **** Central Kashmir vole, ''A. montosa'' **** Royle's mountain vole, ''A. roylei'' **** Mongolian silver vole, ''A. semicanus'' **** Stolička's mountain vole, ''A. stoliczkanus'' **** Tuva silver vole, ''A. tuvinicus'' *** Subgenus ''Aschizomys'' ****
Lemming vole The lemming vole (''Alticola lemminus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in the Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and N ...
, ''A. lemminus'' **** Large-eared vole, ''A. macrotis'' **** Lake Baikal mountain vole, ''A. olchonensis'' *** Subgenus ''Platycranius'' **** Flat-headed vole, A. strelzowi'' ** Genus ''
Caryomys ''Caryomys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. The genus contains the following species: * Ganzu vole (''Caryomys eva'') * Kolan vole The Kolan vole, Inez's red-backed vole or Inez's vole (''Caryomys inez'') is a species of rode ...
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Ganzu vole The Ganzu vole, Eva's red-backed vole, Eva's vole, Gansu vole, or Taozhou vole (''Caryomys eva'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in mountain forests in China. The IUCN has assessed it as being of "least concern". ...
, ''C. eva'' ***
Kolan vole The Kolan vole, Inez's red-backed vole or Inez's vole (''Caryomys inez'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in China. Two subspecies have been recognized, ''Caryomys inez inez'' from the northern part of its range ...
, ''C. inez'' ** Genus ''
Eothenomys ''Eothenomys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species: * Kachin red-backed vole (''Eothenomys cachinus'') * Pratt's vole (''Eothenomys chinensis'') * Southwest China vole (''Eothenomys custos'') * Père D ...
'' - voles from
East Asia East Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both Geography, geographical and culture, ethno-cultural terms. The modern State (polity), states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. ...
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Kachin red-backed vole The Kachin red-backed vole (''Eothenomys cachinus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Kachin State in northern Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventio ...
, ''E. cachinus'' ***
Pratt's vole Pratt's vole (''Eothenomys chinensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to Mount Emei, Sichuan, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List ...
, ''E. chinensis'' ***
Southwest China vole The Southwest China vole (''Eothenomys custos'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Yunnan and Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; ...
, ''E. custos'' ***
Père David's vole Père David's vole (''Eothenomys melanogaster'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Thailand. This species is a member of the ''melanogaster'' group, one of the two main groups of ''Eotheno ...
, ''E. melanogaster'' ***
Yunnan red-backed vole The Yunnan red-backed vole (''Eothenomys miletus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Southwest China, specifically Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of Ch ...
, ''E. miletus'' ***
Chaotung vole The Chaotung vole (''Eothenomys olitor'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Rep ...
, ''E. olitor'' ***
Yulungshan vole The Yulungshan vole, Yulong Chinese vole, Yulongxuen Chinese vole, or Yulongxuen red-backed vole (''Eothenomys proditor'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, endemic to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in the Sichuan–Yunnan Yunnan ...
, ''E. proditor'' ***
Ward's red-backed vole The Ward's red-backed vole (''Eothenomys wardi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, specifically the north-western area of Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's R ...
, ''E. wardi'' ** Genus ''
Hyperacrius ''Hyperacrius'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species: * True's vole True's vole (''Hyperacrius fertilis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in India and Pakistan P ...
'' - voles from
Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
*** True's vole, ''H. fertilis'' ***
Murree vole The Murree vole (''Hyperacrius wynnei'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the Himalayas in Pakistan and India. It was named by William Thomas Blanford after its collector, geologist Arthur Beavor Wynne. Distribu ...
, ''H. wynnei'' ** Genus '' Myodes'' - red-backed voles *** Anderson's red-backed vole, ''M. andersoni'' ***
Western red-backed vole The western red-backed vole (''Myodes californicus'') is a species of vole in the family Cricetidae. It is found in California and Oregon in the United States and lives mainly in coniferous forest. The body color is chestnut brown, or brown mixed ...
, ''M. californicus'' *** Tien Shan red-backed vole, ''M. centralis'' *** Southern red-backed vole, ''M. gapperi'' *** Bank vole, ''M. glareolus'' *** Imaizumi's red-backed vole, ''M. imaizumii'' *** Korean red-backed vole, ''M. regulus'' *** Hokkaido red-backed vole, ''M. rex'' ***
Grey red-backed vole The grey red-backed vole or the grey-sided vole (''Myodes rufocanus'') is a species of vole. An adult grey red-backed vole weighs 20-50 grams. This species ranges across northern Eurasia, including northern China, the northern Korean Peni ...
, ''M. rufocanus'' ***
Northern red-backed vole The northern red-backed vole (''Myodes rutilus'') is a small slender vole found in Alaska, northern Canada, Scandinavia and northern Russia.Banfield, A. W. F. 1974. The mammals of Canada. Toronto, University of Toronto Press. Description They h ...
, ''M. rutilus'' *** Shansei vole, ''M. shanseius'' *** Smith's vole, ''M. smithii'' * Tribe
Ondatrini Ondatrini is a tribe of semiaquatic rodents in the family Arvicolinae. They are known as muskrats. They are related to voles and lemmings. Classification It contains two extant species, each in their own genus, both of which are native to Nor ...
- muskrats ** Genus ''
Neofiber The round-tailed muskrat (''Neofiber alleni'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, sometimes called the Florida water rat.Round-tailed muskrat, ''N. alleni'' **Genus ''
Ondatra The muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America. The muskrat is found in wetlands over a wide range of climates and habitat ...
'' *** Muskrat, ''O. zibethicus'' * Tribe
Phenacomyini Phenacomyini is a tribe of voles in the subfamily Arvicolinae. It contains five species in two genera, all of which are found in North America. Species in this tribe are: * Genus '' Arborimus'' - tree voles ** White-footed vole, ''A. albipes' ...
**Genus '' Arborimus'' - tree voles *** White-footed vole, ''A. albipes'' ***
Red tree vole The red tree vole (''Arborimus longicaudus'') is a rodent of the Pacific Northwest, found in the US states of Oregon and California. They were formerly known as ''Phenacomys longicaudus'' and have also been called the red tree mouse. Descriptio ...
, ''A. longicaudus'' ***
Sonoma tree vole The Sonoma tree vole or California red tree mouse (''Arborimus pomo'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. ''In'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Ref ...
or California red tree mouse, ''A. pomo'' ** Genus '' Phenacomys'' - heather voles ***
Western heather vole The western heather vole (''Phenacomys intermedius'') is a small vole found in western North America. Until recently, the eastern heather vole, (''Phenacomys ungava''), was considered to be a subspecies. They have short ears with stiff orange ha ...
, ''P. intermedius'' ***
Eastern heather vole The eastern heather vole, (''Phenacomys ungava''), is a small North American vole. Until recently, this species was considered to belong to the same species as the western heather vole, ''Phenacomys intermedius''. It is also called the Ungava vo ...
, ''P. ungava'' *Tribe
Pliomyini The Balkan snow vole (''Dinaromys bogdanovi''), also known as Martino's snow vole, is the only member of the genus ''Dinaromys''. Eight subspecies of this vole have been recognized from southern parts of Europe. The genus name means "Dinaric mou ...
** Genus ''
Dinaromys The Balkan snow vole (''Dinaromys bogdanovi''), also known as Martino's snow vole, is the only member of the genus ''Dinaromys''. Eight subspecies of this vole have been recognized from southern parts of Europe. The genus name means "Dinaric mo ...
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Balkan snow vole The Balkan snow vole (''Dinaromys bogdanovi''), also known as Martino's snow vole, is the only member of the genus ''Dinaromys''. Eight subspecies of this vole have been recognized from southern parts of Europe. The genus name means "Dinaric mou ...
, ''D. bogdanovi'' * Tribe
Prometheomyini The long-clawed mole vole (''Prometheomys schaposchnikowi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Prometheomys''. It is found in Georgia and Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially th ...
** Genus ''
Prometheomys The long-clawed mole vole (''Prometheomys schaposchnikowi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Prometheomys''. It is found in Georgia and Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially th ...
'' *** Long-clawed mole vole, ''P. schaposchnikowi''


Fossil species

* Tribe
Arvicolini Arvicolini is a tribe of voles in the subfamily Arvicolinae. A 2021 study found that '' Arvicola'' may not belong in this group, instead being sister to the tribe Lagurini. List of species Tribe Arvicolini *Genus '' Arvicola'' - water voles ** ...
** Genus ''
Mimomys ''Mimomys'' is an extinct genus of voles that lived in Eurasia and North America during the Plio-Pleistocene. It is believed that one of the many species belonging to this genus gave rise to the modern water voles ''(Arvicola)''. Several other pr ...
'' † * Tribe
Dicrostonychini Dicrostonychini is a tribe of lemmings in the subfamily Arvicolinae The Arvicolinae are a subfamily of rodents that includes the voles, lemmings, and muskrats. They are most closely related to the other subfamilies in the Cricetidae (compris ...
- collared lemmings ** Genus ''
Predicrostonyx ''Predicrostonyx hopkinsi'' is an extinct rodent in the family Cricetidae, and is considered one of the earliest examples of collared lemming ''Dicrostonyx'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rode ...
'' † *** Hopkins's lemming, ''Predicrostonyx hopkinsi'' † * Tribe Clethrionomyini ** Genus '' Altaiomys'' † ** Genus '' Pitymimomys'' † ** Genus '' Borsodia'' † ** Genus '' Allophaiomys'' † ** Genus '' Prolagurus'' †


See also

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Isla Vista virus ''Orthohantavirus'' is a genus of single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA viruses in the family ''Hantaviridae'' within the order ''Bunyavirales''. Members of this genus may be called orthohantaviruses or simply hantaviruses. Orthohantav ...


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