Microtini 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 molar (tooth), molars (high-crowned with angular cusps i ...
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 plac ...
.
Most members of this tribe were once placed in
Arvicolini
Arvicolini is a tribe of voles in the subfamily Arvicolinae.
A 2021 study found that '' Arvicola'' is distinct from the other extant genera in the tribe, instead being sister to the tribe Lagurini. The current species listing of the American So ...
, but a 2021 study found that ''
Arvicola'' is distinct from the other extant genera in Arvicolini, instead being sister to the tribe
Lagurini. The current species listing of the
American Society of Mammalogists The American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) was founded in 1919. Its primary purpose is to encourage the study of mammal
A mammal () is a vertebrate animal of the Class (biology), class Mammalia (). Mammals are characterised by the presence ...
lists only ''Arvicola'' in Arvicolini, with all other extant members being removed to Microtini.
List of species
*Tribe Microtini
** Genus ''
Alexandromys
''Alexandromys'' is a genus of voles in the subfamily Arvicolinae, formerly a subgenus of the 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 ...
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Alpine vole (''Alexandromys alpinus'')
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Evorsk vole (''Alexandromys evoronensis'')
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Reed vole (''Alexandromys fortis'')
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Taiwan vole (''Alexandromys kikuchii'')
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Lacustrine vole (''Alexandromys limnophilus'')
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Maximowicz's vole (''Alexandromys maximowiczii'')
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Middendorff's vole (''Alexandromys middendorffi'')
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Mongolian vole (''Alexandromys mongolicus'')
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Japanese grass vole (''Alexandromys montebelli'')
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Muya Valley vole (''Alexandromys mujanensis'')
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Tundra vole or root vole (''Alexandromys oeconomus'')
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Sakhalin vole (''Alexandromys sachalinensis'')
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Shantar vole (''Alexandromys shantaricus'')
** Genus ''
Chionomys'' - snow voles
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Caucasian snow vole, ''Chionomys gud''
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European snow vole, ''Chionomys nivalis''
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Robert's snow vole, ''Chionomys roberti''
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Lazistan snow vole (''Chionomys lasistanius'')
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Stekolnikov's snow vole (''Chionomys stekolnikovi'')
** Genus ''
Hyperacrius'' - voles from
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
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True's vole, ''Hyperacrius fertilis''
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Murree vole, ''Hyperacrius wynnei''
** Genus ''
Lasiopodomys''
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Brandt's vole, ''Lasiopodomys brandtii''
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Mandarin vole, ''Lasiopodomys mandarinus''
** Genus ''
Lemmiscus''
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Sagebrush vole, ''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. They are stout rodents with short ears, legs and tails. They eat green vegetation such as grasses and se ...
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Insular vole, ''M. abbreviatus''
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California vole
The California vole (''Microtus californicus'') is a type of vole which lives throughout much of California and part of southwestern Oregon. It is also known as the "California meadow mouse", a misnomer as this species is a vole, not a mouse. It ...
, ''M. californicus''
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Rock vole, ''M. chrotorrhinus''
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Long-tailed vole, ''M. longicaudus''
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Mexican vole, ''M. mexicanus''
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Singing vole, ''M. miurus''
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North American water vole, ''M. richardsoni''
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Zempoaltépec vole, ''M. umbrosus''
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Taiga vole, ''M. xanthognathus''
*** Subgenus ''Microtus''
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Field vole, ''M. agrestis''
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Anatolian vole
The Anatolian vole (''Microtus anatolicus'') is a species of vole found in Turkey, specifically Konya Province. The population is unknown but it lives in small colonies. The species exists in an area that is a remnant zone of Tethys Ocean, and ...
, ''M. anatolicus''
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Common 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 Br ...
, ''M. arvalis''
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Cabrera's vole
Cabrera's vole (''Microtus cabrerae'') is a species of vole native to Spain and Portugal. It is named for Ángel Cabrera, a mammalogist then working at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid. It is the only living member of the sub ...
, ''M. cabrerae''
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Doğramaci's vole
Doğramaci's vole (''Microtus dogramacii'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Iran, and probably Iraq and Lebanon
Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levan ...
, ''M. dogramacii''
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Elbeyli vole, ''M. elbeyli''
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Günther's vole, ''M. guentheri''
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Harting's vole, ''M. hartingii''
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Tien Shan vole
The Tien Shan vole (''Microtus ilaeus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by K ...
, ''M. ilaeus''
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Persian vole, ''M. irani''
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Mediterranean field vole
The short-tailed field vole, short-tailed vole, or simply field vole (''Microtus agrestis'') is a grey-brown vole, around 10 cm in length, with a short tail. It is one of the most common mammals in Europe, with a range extending from the At ...
, ''M. lavernedii''
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Turkish vole, ''M. lydius''
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Kerman vole, ''M. kermanensis''
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Southern vole, ''M. levis''
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Paradox vole, ''M. paradoxus''
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Qazvin vole, ''M. qazvinensis''
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Portuguese field vole
The short-tailed field vole, short-tailed vole, or simply field vole (''Microtus agrestis'') is a grey-brown vole, around 10 cm in length, with a short tail. It is one of the most common mammals in Europe, with a range extending from the At ...
, ''M. rosianus''
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Schidlovsky's vole, ''M. schidlovskii''
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Social vole, ''M. socialis''
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European pine vole, ''M. subterraneus''
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Transcaspian vole, ''M. transcaspicus''
*** Subgenus ''
Blanfordimys''
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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 a ...
, ''M. afghanus''
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Bucharian vole, ''M. bucharicus''
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Juniper vole
The juniper vole (''Microtus yuldaschi'') 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 ...
, ''M. juldaschi''
***Subgenus ''
Terricola''
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Bavarian pine vole, ''M. bavaricus''
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Calabria pine vole, ''M. brachycercus''
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Daghestan pine vole, ''M. daghestanicus''
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Mediterranean pine vole, ''M. duodecimcostatus''
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Felten's vole, ''M. felteni''
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Liechtenstein's pine vole, ''M. liechtensteini''
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Lusitanian pine vole, ''M. lusitanicus''
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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 (IRI) ...
, ''M. majori''
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Alpine pine vole, ''M. multiplex''
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Sicilian pine vole, ''M. nebrodensis''
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Savi's pine vole, ''M. savii''
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Tatra pine vole, ''M. tatricus''
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Thomas's pine vole, ''M. thomasi''
*** Subgenus ''
Mynomes
''Mynomes'' is a North American subgenus of voles in the genus ''Microtus''. Species in this subgenus are:
*Gray-tailed vole, ''M. canicaudus''
*Western meadow vole ''M. drummondii''
*Florida salt marsh vole ''M. dukecampbelli''
*Montane vole, '' ...
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Gray-tailed vole, ''M. canicaudus''
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Western meadow vole
The western meadow vole (''Microtus drummondii'') is a species of North America, North American vole found in western North America, the midwestern United States, Western Ontario, western Ontario, Canada, and formerly in Mexico. It was previously ...
, ''M. drummondi''
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Florida salt marsh vole, ''M. dukecampbelli''
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Montane vole
The montane vole (''Microtus montanus'') is a species of vole native to the western United States and Canada.
Description
Montane voles are medium-sized voles, with a total length of , including the tail. Adults typically weigh anything from , ...
, ''M. montanus''
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Creeping vole
The creeping vole (''Microtus oregoni''), sometimes known as the Oregon meadow mouse, is a small rodent in the family Cricetidae. Ranging across the Pacific Northwest of North America, it is found in forests, grasslands, woodlands, and chaparral ...
, ''M. oregoni''
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Eastern meadow vole
The eastern meadow vole (''Microtus pennsylvanicus''), sometimes called the field mouse or meadow mouse, is a North American vole found in eastern Canada and the United States. Its range extends farther south along the Atlantic coast.
The weste ...
, ''M. pennsylvanicus''
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Townsend's vole
Townsend's vole (''Microtus townsendii'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, the sister species of '' M. canicaudus''. It is found in temperate grasslands of British Columbia in Canada and in the states of Washington and Oregon in ...
, ''M. townsendii''
*** Subgenus ''
Pitymys''
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Guatemalan vole, ''M. guatemalensis''
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Tarabundí vole, ''M. oaxacensis''
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Woodland vole, ''M. pinetorum''
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Jalapan pine vole, ''M. quasiater''
*** Subgenus ''
Pedomys''
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Prairie vole
The prairie vole (''Microtus ochrogaster'') is a small vole found in central North America.
Description
The vole has long, coarse grayish-brown fur on the upper portion of the body and yellowish fur on the lower portion of the body. It has sh ...
, ''M. ochrogaster''
*** Subgenus ''
Hyrcanicola
Schelkovnikov's pine vole (''Microtus schelkovnikovi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Azerbaijan and Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in W ...
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Schelkovnikov's pine vole
Schelkovnikov's pine vole (''Microtus schelkovnikovi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Azerbaijan and Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in W ...
, ''M. schelkovnikovi''
** Genus ''
Mictomicrotus''
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Liangshan vole, ''Mictomicrotus liangshanensis''
** Genus ''
Neodon
''Neodon'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Species within ''Neodon'' are classified as relics of the Pleistocene
The Pleistocene ( ; referred to colloquially as the ''ice age, Ice Age'') is the geological epoch (geology), ep ...
'' - mountain voles
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Bershula mountain vole (''Neodon bershulaensis'')
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Bomi mountain vole (''Neodon bomiensis'')
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Chayu mountain vole (''Neodon chayuensis'')
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Clarke's vole (''Neodon clarkei'')
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Forrest's mountain vole (''Neodon forresti'')
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Plateau vole
The plateau vole (''Neodon fuscus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It was originally listed as ''Lasiopodomys'', but was moved to '' Neodon'' in 2012.
It is found only in China.
Its natural habitat is temperate grassland
A ...
(''Neodon fuscus'')
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Chinese scrub vole (''Neodon irene'')
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Blyth's vole (''Neodon leucurus'')
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Liao Rui's mountain vole (''Neodon liaoruii'')
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Linzhi mountain vole (''Neodon linzhiensis'')
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Medog mountain vole (''Neodon medogensis'')
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Namchabarwa mountain vole (''Neodon namchabarwaensis'')
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Nepalese mountain vole (''Neodon nepalensis'')
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Nyalam mountain vole (''Neodon nyalamensis'')
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Shergyla mountain vole (''Neodon shergylaensis'')
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Sikkim mountain vole (''Neodon sikimensis'')
** Genus ''
Proedromys''
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Duke of Bedford's vole (''Proedromys bedfordi'')
** Genus ''
Stenocranius''
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Narrow-headed vole (''Stenocranius gregalis'')
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Radde's vole (''Stenocranius raddei'')
** Genus ''
Volemys''
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Szechuan vole (''Volemys millicens'')
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Marie's vole (''Volemys musseri'')
References
Voles and lemmings
Mammal tribes
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