Arvicola

Arvicola amphibius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Arvicolinae
Tribus: Arvicolini
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, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

English: Water voles
日本語: ミズハタネズミ属

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