Arvicola

Arvicola amphibius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Placentalia Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Arvicolinae
Genus: Arvicola
Species: A. amphibius – A. sapidus – A. scherman – A. terrestris – †A. jacobaeus

Name

Arvicola Lacepede, 1799

Type species: Mus amphibius Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

• Alviceola de Blainville, 1817
• Hemiotomys de Sélys Longchamps, 1836
• Ochetomys Fitzinger, 1867
• Paludicola Blasius, 1857
• Praticola Fatio, 1867

References

• Cuenca-Bescós, G. et al. 2010: A new species of water vole from the Early Pleistocene of southern Europe. Acta palaeontologica polonica, 55(4): 565-580. doi: 10.4202/app.2009.0027

• Arvicola in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214

Vernacular names

English: Water voles
日本語: ミズハタネズミ属

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