Microtini Explained

Microtini is a tribe of voles in the subfamily Arvicolinae.^[1]

Most members of this tribe were once placed in Arvicolini, but a 2021 study found that Arvicola is distinct from the other extant genera in Arvicolini, instead being sister to the tribe Lagurini.^[2] The current species listing of the American Society of Mammalogists lists only Arvicola in Arvicolini, with all other extant members being removed to Microtini.^[3]

List of species

Tribe Microtini
- Genus Alexandromys
  - Alpine vole (Alexandromys alpinus)
  - Evorsk vole (Alexandromys evoronensis)
  - Reed vole (Alexandromys fortis)
  - Taiwan vole (Alexandromys kikuchii)
  - Lacustrine vole (Alexandromys limnophilus)
  - Maximowicz's vole (Alexandromys maximowiczii)
  - Middendorff's vole (Alexandromys middendorffi)
  - Mongolian vole (Alexandromys mongolicus)
  - Japanese grass vole (Alexandromys montebelli)
  - Muya Valley vole (Alexandromys mujanensis)
  - Tundra vole or root vole (Alexandromys oeconomus)
  - Sakhalin vole (Alexandromys sachalinensis)
  - Shantar vole (Alexandromys shantaricus)
- Genus Chionomys - snow voles
  - Caucasian snow vole, Chionomys gud
  - European snow vole, Chionomys nivalis
  - Robert's snow vole, Chionomys roberti
  - Lazistan snow vole (Chionomys lasistanius)
  - Stekolnikov's snow vole (Chionomys stekolnikovi) ^[4]
- Genus Hyperacrius - voles from Pakistan
  - True's vole, Hyperacrius fertilis
  - Murree vole, Hyperacrius wynnei
- Genus Lasiopodomys
  - Brandt's vole, Lasiopodomys brandtii
  - Mandarin vole, Lasiopodomys mandarinus
- Genus Lemmiscus
  - Sagebrush vole, Lemmiscus curtatus
- Genus Microtus - voles
  - Insular vole, M. abbreviatus
  - California vole, M. californicus
  - Rock vole, M. chrotorrhinus
  - Long-tailed vole, M. longicaudus
  - Mexican vole, M. mexicanus
  - Singing vole, M. miurus
  - North American water vole, M. richardsoni
  - Zempoaltépec vole, M. umbrosus
  - Taiga vole, M. xanthognathus
  - Subgenus Microtus
    - Field vole, M. agrestis
    - Anatolian vole, M. anatolicus
    - Common vole, M. arvalis
    - Cabrera's vole, M. cabrerae
    - Doğramaci's vole, M. dogramacii
    - Elbeyli vole, M. elbeyli
    - Günther's vole, M. guentheri
    - Harting's vole, M. hartingii
    - Tien Shan vole, M. ilaeus
    - Persian vole, M. irani
    - Mediterranean field vole, M. lavernedii
    - Turkish vole, M. lydius
    - Kerman vole, M. kermanensis
    - Southern vole, M. levis
    - Paradox vole, M. paradoxus
    - Qazvin vole, M. qazvinensis
    - Portuguese field vole, M. rosianus
    - Schidlovsky's vole, M. schidlovskii
    - Social vole, M. socialis
    - European pine vole, M. subterraneus
    - Transcaspian vole, M. transcaspicus
  - Subgenus Blanfordimys
    - Afghan vole, M. afghanus
    - Bucharian vole, M. bucharicus
    - Juniper vole, M. juldaschi
  - Subgenus Terricola
    - 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, M. liechtensteini
    - Lusitanian pine vole, M. lusitanicus
    - Major's pine vole, M. majori
    - Alpine pine vole, M. multiplex
    - Sicilian pine vole, M. nebrodensis
    - Savi's pine vole, M. savii
    - Tatra pine vole, M. tatricus
    - Thomas's pine vole, M. thomasi
  - Subgenus Mynomes
    - Gray-tailed vole, M. canicaudus
    - Western meadow vole, M. drummondi
    - Florida salt marsh vole, M. dukecampbelli
    - Montane vole, M. montanus
    - Creeping vole, M. oregoni
    - Eastern meadow vole, M. pennsylvanicus
    - Townsend's vole, M. townsendii
  - Subgenus Pitymys
    - Guatemalan vole, M. guatemalensis
    - Tarabundí vole, M. oaxacensis
    - Woodland vole, M. pinetorum
    - Jalapan pine vole, M. quasiater
  - Subgenus Pedomys
    - Prairie vole, M. ochrogaster
  - Subgenus Hyrcanicola
    - Schelkovnikov's pine vole, M. schelkovnikovi
- Genus Mictomicrotus
  - Liangshan vole, Mictomicrotus liangshanensis
- Genus Neodon - mountain voles
  - Bershula mountain vole (Neodon bershulaensis)
  - Bomi mountain vole (Neodon bomiensis)
  - Chayu mountain vole (Neodon chayuensis)
  - Clarke's vole (Neodon clarkei)
  - Forrest's mountain vole (Neodon forresti)
  - Plateau vole (Neodon fuscus)
  - Chinese scrub vole (Neodon irene)
  - Blyth's vole (Neodon leucurus)
  - Liao Rui's mountain vole (Neodon liaoruii)
  - Linzhi mountain vole (Neodon linzhiensis)
  - Medog mountain vole (Neodon medogensis)
  - Namchabarwa mountain vole (Neodon namchabarwaensis)
  - Nepalese mountain vole (Neodon nepalensis)
  - Nyalam mountain vole (Neodon nyalamensis)
  - Shergyla mountain vole (Neodon shergylaensis)
  - Sikkim mountain vole (Neodon sikimensis)
- Genus Proedromys
  - Duke of Bedford's vole (Proedromys bedfordi)
- Genus Stenocranius
  - Narrow-headed vole (Stenocranius gregalis)
  - Radde's vole (Stenocranius raddei)
- Genus Volemys
  - Szechuan vole (Volemys millicens)
  - Marie's vole (Volemys musseri)

Notes and References

Web site: Microtine Voles (Tribe Microtini) . iNaturalist Canada . 2023-05-03 . en.
Abramson. Natalia I.. Bodrov. Semyon Yu. Bondareva. Olga V.. Genelt-Yanovskiy. Evgeny A.. Petrova. Tatyana V.. 2021-11-19. A mitochondrial genome phylogeny of voles and lemmings (Rodentia: Arvicolinae): Evolutionary and taxonomic implications. PLOS ONE. en. 16. 11. e0248198. 10.1371/journal.pone.0248198. 1932-6203. 8604340. 34797834. 2021PLoSO..1648198A . free .
Mammal Diversity Database . 2023. Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.11) [Data set] . Zenodo . 10.5281/zenodo.7830771.
Golenishchev . F. N. . Malikov . V. G. . Bannikova . A. A. . Zykov . A. E. . Yiğit . N. . Çolak . E. . 2022 . Diversity of snow voles of the "nivalis" group (Chionomys, Arvicolinae, Rodentia) in the eastern part of the range with a description of a new species . Russian Journal of Theriology . 21 . 1 . 1–12. 10.15298/rusjtheriol.21.1.01. free .