|
Myodini
The Myodini are a tribe of forest voles in the subfamily Arvicolinae. Species in this tribe are: *Tribe Myodini **Genus '' Alticola'' - voles from Central Asia ***Subgenus ''Alticola'' **** White-tailed mountain vole, ''A. albicauda'' **** Silver mountain vole, ''A. argentatus'' **** Gobi Altai mountain vole, ''A. barakshin'' ****Central Kashmir vole, ''A. montosa'' **** Royle's mountain vole, ''A. roylei'' **** Mongolian silver vole, ''A. semicanus'' **** Stolička's mountain vole, ''A. stoliczkanus'' ****Tuva silver vole, ''A. tuvinicus'' ***Subgenus ''Aschizomys'' **** Lemming vole, ''A. lemminus'' **** Large-eared vole, ''A. macrotis'' **** Lake Baikal mountain vole, ''A. olchonensis'' ***Subgenus ''Platycranius'' ****Flat-headed vole, A. strelzowi'' **Genus '' Caryomys'' *** Ganzu vole, ''C. eva'' *** Kolan vole, ''C. inez'' **Genus '' Eothenomys'' - voles from East Asia *** Kachin red-backed vole, ''E. cachinus'' ***Pratt's vole, ''E. chinensis'' *** Southwest China vole, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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-crowned with rounded cusps). They are sometimes known as meadow mice or field mice in North America. Vole species form the subfamily Arvicolinae with the lemmings and the muskrats. There are approximately 155 different vole species. Description Voles are small rodents that grow to , depending on the species. Females can have five to ten litters per year, though with an average lifespan of three months and requiring one month to adulthood, two litters is the norm. Gestation lasts for three weeks and the young voles reach sexual maturity in a month. As a result of this biological exponential growth, vole populations can grow very large within a short time. A mating pair can produce a hundred more voles in a year. Voles outwardly resemble se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the subfamily Arvicolinae in the family Muridae along with all other members of the superfamily Muroidea. Some refer to the subfamily as the Microtinae (yielding the adjective "microtine") or rank the taxon as a full family, the Arvicolidae. The Arvicolinae are the most populous group of Rodentia in the Northern Hemisphere. They often are found in fossil occlusions of bones cached by past predators such as owls and other birds of prey. Fossils of this group are often used for biostratigraphic dating of paleontological and archeological sites in North America and Europe. Description The most convenient distinguishing feature of the Arvicolinae is the nature of their molar teeth, which have prismatic cusps in the shape of alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bank Vole
The bank vole (''Myodes glareolus'') is a small vole with red-brown fur and some grey patches, with a tail about half as long as its body. A rodent, it lives in woodland areas and is around in length. The bank vole is found in much of Europe and in northwestern Asia. It is native to Great Britain but not to Ireland, where it has been accidentally introduced, and has now colonised much of the south and southwest. The bank vole lives in woodland, hedgerows and other dense vegetation such as bracken and bramble. Its underground chamber is lined with moss, feathers and vegetable fibre and contains a store of food. It can live for eighteen months to two years in the wild and over 42 months in captivity and is mostly herbivorous, eating buds, bark, seeds, nuts, leaves and fruits and occasionally insects and other small invertebrates. It readily climbs into scrub and low branches of trees although it is not as versatile as a mouse. It breeds in shallow burrows, the female rearing abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemming Vole
The lemming vole (''Alticola lemminus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in the Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia North Asia or Northern Asia, also referred to as Siberia, is the northern region of Asia, which is defined in geographic .... References Further reading * Alticola Mammals of Russia Mammals described in 1898 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Alticola-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaotung Vole
The Chaotung vole (''Eothenomys olitor'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou, 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 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and .... References *Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 ''in'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. Eothenomys Rodents of China Mammals described in 1911 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Arvicolinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yunnan Red-backed Vole
The Yunnan red-backed vole (''Eothenomys miletus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Southwest China, specifically Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the ... Province. It is the largest member of the genus '' Eothenomys'', with a higher cranium, a soft, thick and long coat with tawny brown to reddish brown coloring and grey underparts. References *Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 ''in'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. Eothenomys Fauna of Yunnan Mammals described in 1914 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas {{Arvicolinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Père David's Vole
Père David's vole (''Eothenomys melanogaster'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Thailand. This species is a member of the ''melanogaster'' group, one of the two main groups of ''Eothenomys'' voles. Its dorsal pelage is dark brown, often nearly black, and the ventral pelage is gray, sometimes brown. The tail is shorter than the body. This species is found in pine/rhododendron ''Rhododendron'' (; from Ancient Greek ''rhódon'' "rose" and ''déndron'' "tree") is a very large genus of about 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae). They can be either evergreen or deciduous. Most species are nativ ... forests. References *Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 ''in'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. *Smith, A.T and Xie, Y. 2008. A guide to the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southwest China Vole
The Southwest China vole (''Eothenomys custos'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Yunnan and Sichuan, 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 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and .... It occurs in Cangshan Erhai Nature Reserve. References *Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 ''in'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. Eothenomys Rodents of China Mammals described in 1912 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Arvicolinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pratt's Vole
Pratt's vole (''Eothenomys chinensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to Mount Emei, Sichuan, China. It was named in 1891 for Antwerp Edgar Pratt Antwerp Edgar Pratt FRGS (6 March 1852 - 4 January 1924) was a Victorian naturalist, explorer, author, and renowned collector of plants, insects, and other animals. Species named for Pratt include three mammals and two reptiles. Two of his sons an .... References *Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 ''in'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. Eothenomys Rodents of China Mammals described in 1891 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Endemic fauna of Sichuan {{Arvicolinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kachin Red-backed Vole
The Kachin red-backed vole (''Eothenomys cachinus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Kachin State in northern Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh .... Although described as a species by Thomas in 1921, it was subsequently included as a subspecies of either '' E. melanogaster'' or '' E. miletus''. Comparisons of a 1941 sampling showed that ''E. cachinus'' was indeed a separate species. Adults of the species are large-bodied, with longer tails than any other member of the genus ''Eothenomys'' (between 43 and 61mm) and thick, soft and long fur, the upper parts being brown and the lower parts grey. Compared to ''E. miletus'' the skull is shorter and not as wide, with a significantly lower profile. References * Wilson & Reeder's Mammal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Asia
East Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The modern states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. China, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan are all unrecognised by at least one other East Asian state due to severe ongoing political tensions in the region, specifically the division of Korea and the political status of Taiwan. Hong Kong and Macau, two small coastal quasi-dependent territories located in the south of China, are officially highly autonomous but are under Chinese sovereignty. Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau are among the world's largest and most prosperous economies. East Asia borders Siberia and the Russian Far East to the north, Southeast Asia to the south, South Asia to the southwest, and Central Asia to the west. To the east is the Pacific Ocean and to the southeast is Micronesia (a Pacific Ocean island group, clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolan Vole
The Kolan vole, Inez's red-backed vole or Inez's vole (''Caryomys inez'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in China. Two subspecies have been recognized, ''Caryomys inez inez'' from the northern part of its range and ''Caryomys inez nux'' from the southern part. Description The Kolan vole has a head and body length of about with a tail long. The ears are small and rounded and hardly project from the pelage. The dorsal fur is a uniform dull buffish brown and the underparts are pale buff. The upper surface of hands and feet are brown. The upper surface of the tail is dark brown and the underside is pale brown giving it a bicolour appearance. Distribution and habitat The Kolan vole is endemic to China where it is known from the provinces of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Anhui, Sichuan, Gansu, Henan, Ningxia, Hebei and Hubei. It is found at altitudes of between above sea level and its typical habitat is thick tangled undergrowth in ravines and gullies where it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
