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 low-c ...

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 p ...

. 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 ** European (or Northern) water vole, ''Arvicola amphibius (Arvicola terrestris)'' ** Southwestern (or Southern) water vole, ''Arvicola sapidus'' ** Montane water vole, ''Arvicola scherman'' *Genus ''

Blanfordimys ''Blanfordimys'' is a subgenus of voles in the family ''Microtus''. It was formerly considered a distinct genus, but taxonomic studies group it within the ''Microtus'' radiation. It contains the following species: * Afghan vole The Afghan vol ...

'' **

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 The Bucharian vole (''Microtus bucharicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. Its natural habitat is temperate desert A desert is a barren area of land ...

, ''Blanfordimys bucharicus'' *Genus '' Chionomys'' - snow voles **

Caucasian snow vole The Caucasian snow vole (''Chionomys gud'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Georgia, Russian Federation, and Turkey. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland A grassland is an area ...

, ''Chionomys gud'' ** European snow vole, ''Chionomys nivalis'' ** Robert's snow vole, ''Chionomys roberti'' *Genus ''

Lasiopodomys ''Lasiopodomys'' is a genus 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, and New World rats and mice. At alm ...

'' **

Brandt's vole Brandt's vole, (''Lasiopodomys brandtii''), also known as the steppe vole, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is native to shrublands and grasslands in Russia, Mongolia and northern China. Characteristics Brandt's vole is about ...

, ''Lasiopodomys brandtii'' **

Plateau vole The plateau vole (''Lasiopodomys fuscus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in China. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae). ...

, ''Lasiopodomys fuscus'' **

Mandarin vole The mandarin vole (''Lasiopodomys mandarinus'') is a species of vole found in central China as well as the southern and central Korean Peninsula. An adult mandarin vole is typically of about 115 millimeters in length, in addition to about 28&nbs ...

, ''Lasiopodomys mandarinus'' *Genus '' Lemmiscus'' **

Sagebrush vole 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 ...

, ''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 e ...

'' - voles ** Insular vole, ''Microtus abbreviatus'' ** California vole, ''Microtus californicus'' **

Rock vole The rock vole (''Microtus chrotorrhinus'') is a medium-sized vole found in eastern North America. It is also called the yellow-nosed vole. Description This species is similar in appearance to the larger taiga vole. It has short ears and a long t ...

, ''Microtus chrotorrhinus'' ** Long-tailed vole, ''Microtus longicaudus'' ** Mexican vole, ''Microtus mexicanus'' ** Singing vole, ''Microtus miurus'' ** Water vole, ''Microtus richardsoni'' ** Zempoaltépec vole, ''Microtus umbrosus'' ** Taiga vole, ''Microtus xanthognathus'' **Subgenus ''

'' *** Short-tailed field vole ''Microtus agrestis'' *** Anatolian vole ''Microtus anatolicus'' *** Common vole ''Microtus arvalis'' *** Cabrera's vole ''Microtus cabrerae'' *** Doğramaci's vole ''Microtus dogramacii'' *** Elbeyli vole ''Microtus elbeyli'' *** Günther's vole ''Microtus guentheri'' *** Harting's vole ''Microtus hartingii'' *** Tien Shan vole ''Microtus ilaeus'' *** Persian vole ''Microtus irani'' *** Mediterranean field vole ''Microtus lavernedii'' *** Kerman vole ''Microtus kermanensis'' ***

Turkish vole Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities ...

''Microtus lydius'' *** East European vole ''Microtus mystacinus'' ***

Altai 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 obscurus'' *** Paradox vole ''Microtus paradoxus'' *** Qazvin vole ''Microtus qazvinensis'' *** Portuguese field vole ''Microtus rosianus'' ***

Schidlovsky's vole Schidlovsky's vole (''Microtus schidlovskii'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is normally found in northwestern Armenia, and was long considered a subspecies of the social vole The social vole (''Microtus socialis'') is a ...

''Microtus schidlovskii'' ***

Social vole The social vole (''Microtus socialis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Syria, Turkey, and Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is ...

''Microtus socialis'' ***

Transcaspian vole The Transcaspian vole (''Microtus transcaspicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country locate ...

''Microtus transcaspicus'' **Subgenus ''

'' ***

''Microtus afghanus'' ***

''Microtus bucharicus'' ***

Juniper vole The juniper vole (''Microtus juldaschi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and Tajikistan. It was formerly classified in the genus ''Neodon'', but genetic evidence indicates that it is c ...

''Microtus juldaschi'' **Subgenus '' Terricola'' ***

Bavarian pine vole The Bavarian pine vole (''Microtus bavaricus'') is a vole from the Austrian, Italian, and Bavarian Alps of Europe. It lives in moist meadows at elevations of 600 to 1,000 meters. Conservation There are 23 museum specimens of this species; it wa ...

, ''Microtus bavaricus'' ***

Calabria pine vole The Calabria pine vole (''Microtus brachycercus'') is a vole found in southern and central Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middl ...

, ''Microtus brachycercus'' ***

Daghestan pine vole The Daghestan pine vole (''Microtus daghestanicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Russia, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also ...

, ''Microtus daghestanicus'' ***

Mediterranean pine vole The Mediterranean pine vole (''Microtus duodecimcostatus'') is a species 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 ...

, ''Microtus duodecimcostatus'' ***

Felten's vole Felten's vole (''Microtus felteni'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Albania, Greece, North Macedonia, and Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian lang ...

, ''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. References *D.E. Wilson & D.M ...

, ''Microtus liechtensteini'' ***

Lusitanian pine vole The Lusitanian pine vole (''Microtus lusitanicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the northwestern half of the Iberian Peninsula where it occurs in central and northern Portugal, northwest Spain, and in the ext ...

, ''Microtus lusitanicus'' ***

Major's pine vole Major's pine vole (''Microtus majori'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in Caucasus region and its vicinities (Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, ...

, ''Microtus majori'' *** Alpine pine vole, ''Microtus multiplex'' *** Sicilian pine vole Microtus ''nebrodensis'' *** Savi's pine vole, ''Microtus savii'' *** Tatra pine vole, ''Microtus tatricus'' ***

Thomas's pine vole Thomas's pine vole (''Microtus thomasi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and possibly Albania. References *Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carl ...

, ''Microtus thomasi'' **Subgenus '' Mynomes'' *** Gray-tailed vole ''Microtus canicaudus'' *** Western meadow vole ''Microtus drummondi'' *** Florida salt marsh vole ''Microtus dukecampbelli'' *** Montane vole ''Microtus montanus'' *** Creeping vole ''Microtus oregoni'' *** Eastern meadow vole ''Microtus pennsylvanicus'' *** Townsend's vole ''Microtus townsendii'' **Subgenus '' Alexandromys'' ***

Clarke's vole Clarke's vole ('Microtus clarkei'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, wi ...

, ''Microtus clarkei'' ***

Evorsk vole The Evorsk vole (''Microtus evoronensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning ...

, ''Microtus evoronensis'' *** Reed vole, ''Microtus fortis'' ***

Gerbe's vole Gerbe's vole (''Microtus gerbii'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in France and Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto ...

, ''Microtus gerbei'' ***

Taiwan vole The Taiwan vole (''Microtus kikuchii'', now ''Alexandromys kikuchii'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, It is an endemic species of Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the ...

, ''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 '' Microt ...

, ''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 The Mongolian vole (''Microtus mongolicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Mongolia, and Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental ...

, ''Microtus mongolicus'' ***

Japanese grass vole The Japanese grass vole (''Microtus montebelli'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the ...

, ''Microtus montebelli'' ***

Muisk vole The Muya Valley vole or Muisk vole (''Alexandromys mujanensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontine ...

, ''Microtus mujanensis'' *** Tundra vole (root vole), ''Microtus oeconomus'' ***

Sakhalin vole The Sakhalin vole (''Microtus sachalinensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spann ...

, ''Microtus sachalinensis'' **Subgenus ''

Stenocranius ''Stenocranius'' is a genus 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, and New World rats and mice. At almost 6 ...

'' ***

Narrow-headed vole The narrow-headed vole (''Microtus gregalis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Ranging over northern and central Asia and also into Alaska, it is the only species in the subgenus ''Stenocranius''. Description The narrow-headed ...

, ''Microtus gregalis'' **Subgenus '' Pitymys'' *** Guatemalan vole, ''Microtus guatemalensis'' *** Tarabundí vole, ''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 bet ...

, ''Microtus pinetorum'' *** Jalapan pine vole, ''Microtus quasiater'' **Subgenus '' Pedomys'' *** Prairie vole, ''Microtus ochrogaster'' **Subgenus '' Hyrcanicola'' *** Schelkovnikov's pine vole, ''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 Intern ...

, ''Neodon irene'' **

Sikkim 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 . ...

, ''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. i ...

, ''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, coun ...

, ''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 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 ...

, ''Phaiomys leucurus'' *Genus ''

Proedromys ''Proedromys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae from China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billio ...

'' ** Duke of Bedford's vole, ''Proedromys bedfordi'' ** Liangshan vole, ''Proedromys liangshanensis'' *Genus '' Volemys'' **

Szechuan vole The Szechuan vole (''Volemys millicens'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in northwestern Sichuan, China. It is one of two species in the genus ''Volemys'' along with Marie's vole (''Volemys musseri''). Range ...

, ''Volemys millicens'' ** Marie's vole, ''Volemys musseri''

Fossil genera

*Genus '' Mimomys'' -

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& ...

References

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