Arvicolini is a tribe of

voles 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 ...

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 (comprising the hamsters and New World rats and mice). Some authorities place ...

. A 2021 study found that ''

Arvicola The water voles are large voles in the genus ''Arvicola''. They are found in both aquatic and dry habitat through Europe and much of northern Asia. A water vole found in Western North America was historically considered a member of this genus ...

'' may not belong in this group, instead being 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. ...

List of species

Tribe Arvicolini *Genus ''

'' - water voles ** European (or Northern) water vole, ''Arvicola amphibius (Arvicola terrestris)'' ** Southwestern (or Southern) water vole, ''Arvicola 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 ...

, ''Arvicola scherman'' *Genus '' 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 ...

, ''Blanfordimys afghanus'' ** Bucharian vole, ''Blanfordimys bucharicus'' *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, ''Chionomys gud'' ** European snow vole, ''Chionomys 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 ...

, ''Chionomys roberti'' *Genus '' Lasiopodomys'' ** Brandt's vole, ''Lasiopodomys brandtii'' ** Plateau vole, ''Lasiopodomys fuscus'' ** Mandarin vole, ''Lasiopodomys 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, ''Lemmiscus 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, ''Microtus 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 ...

, ''Microtus californicus'' ** Rock vole, ''Microtus 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 ...

, ''Microtus 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 ...

, ''Microtus 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 ...

, ''Microtus miurus'' ** Water vole, ''Microtus 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' ...

, ''Microtus 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 ...

, ''Microtus xanthognathus'' **Subgenus ''

'' *** Short-tailed field vole ''Microtus agrestis'' ***

Anatolian vole The Anatolian vole (''Microtus anatolicus'') is a species of vole found in Turkey, specifically Konya Province. The population is unknown but it lives in small colonies. The species exists in an area that is a remnant zone of Tethys Ocean, and th ...

''Microtus 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 ...

''Microtus 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 ...

''Microtus cabrerae'' ***

Doğramaci's vole Doğramaci's vole (''Microtus dogramacii'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in central Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a tra ...

''Microtus dogramacii'' ***

Elbeyli vole Elbeyli, formerly Alimantar, is a town and district of Kilis Province in Turkey. Elbeyli was controlled by the Seljuk Turks between 1040 and 1157, then the Ilkhanate, and finally by the Anatolian beylik of Dulkadirids before being brought into ...

''Microtus elbeyli'' ***

Günther's vole Günther's vole (''Microtus guentheri'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, also known by the name Levant vole. It is found in Bulgaria, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, North Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Syria, T ...

''Microtus guentheri'' *** Harting's vole ''Microtus 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, ...

''Microtus ilaeus'' ***

Persian vole The Persian vole (''Microtus irani'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is only found in Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is b ...

''Microtus 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 ...

''Microtus lavernedii'' ***

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 ...

''Microtus kermanensis'' *** Turkish vole ''Microtus lydius'' *** East European vole ''Microtus mystacinus'' *** Altai vole ''Microtus obscurus'' ***

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 ...

''Microtus paradoxus'' *** Qazvin vole ''Microtus 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 ...

''Microtus rosianus'' *** Schidlovsky's vole ''Microtus schidlovskii'' *** Social vole ''Microtus socialis'' *** Transcaspian vole ''Microtus transcaspicus'' **Subgenus '' Blanfordimys'' ***

''Microtus afghanus'' *** Bucharian vole ''Microtus bucharicus'' *** Juniper vole ''Microtus 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, ''Microtus bavaricus'' *** Calabria pine vole, ''Microtus brachycercus'' *** Daghestan pine vole, ''Microtus daghestanicus'' *** Mediterranean pine vole, ''Microtus duodecimcostatus'' *** Felten's vole, ''Microtus 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 ...

, ''Microtus liechtensteini'' *** Lusitanian pine vole, ''Microtus lusitanicus'' *** Major's pine vole, ''Microtus 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 Park Sicilian 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 ...

Microtus ''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 ...

, ''Microtus savii'' *** Tatra pine vole, ''Microtus tatricus'' *** Thomas's pine vole, ''Microtus 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 ...

''Microtus 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. ...

''Microtus 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 ...

''Microtus 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 , ...

''Microtus 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 ...

''Microtus 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 ...

''Microtus 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 ...

''Microtus 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, ''Microtus clarkei'' *** Evorsk vole, ''Microtus 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 ...

, ''Microtus fortis'' *** Gerbe's vole, ''Microtus gerbei'' *** Taiwan vole, ''Microtus kikuchii'' *** Lacustrine vole, ''Microtus 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''. ...

, ''Microtus 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 ...

, ''Microtus middendorffi'' *** Mongolian vole, ''Microtus mongolicus'' *** Japanese grass vole, ''Microtus montebelli'' *** Muisk vole, ''Microtus mujanensis'' *** Tundra vole (root vole), ''Microtus oeconomus'' *** Sakhalin vole, ''Microtus sachalinensis'' **Subgenus '' Stenocranius'' *** Narrow-headed vole, ''Microtus 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 ...

, ''Microtus 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 ...

, ''Microtus 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 ...

, ''Microtus 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 ...

, ''Microtus 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 ...

'' ***

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 ...

, ''Microtus 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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, ''Microtus 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 ...

, ''Neodon irene'' ** Sikkim vole, ''Neodon 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 ...

, ''Neodon 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 ...

, ''Neodon 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, ''Phaiomys 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 ...

'' **

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 ...

, ''Proedromys 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, ...

, ''Proedromys 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, ''Volemys 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 ...

, ''Volemys musseri''

Fossil genera

*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 ...

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Plio-Pleistocene The Plio-Pleistocene is an informally described geological pseudo-period, which begins about 5 million years ago (Mya) and, drawing forward, combines the time ranges of the formally defined Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs—marking from about 5&nbs ...

References

Voles and lemmings Mammal tribes Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{arvicolinae-stub