Microtus mystacinus
177. East European Vole Microtus mystacinus French: Campagnol de De Filippi / German: Ostfeldmaus / Spanish: Topillo europeo oriental Other common names: Russian Vole, Sibling Vole, Southern Vole Taxonomy. Arvicola mystacinus De Filippi, 1865, Lar Valley, N Iran. Microtus mystacinus is in subgenus M...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:6725329 2023-06-06T11:55:40+02:00 Microtus mystacinus Don E. Wilson Russell A. Mittermeier Thomas E. Lacher, Jr 2017-11-30 https://zenodo.org/record/6725329 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6725329 unknown Lynx Edicions info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F06D13FFE5202C088A154E0E33F438 doi:10.5281/zenodo.6707142 http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFC9156BFFAE20670D37145C0837FFDB doi:10.5281/zenodo.6708419 doi:10.5281/zenodo.6760695 doi:10.5281/zenodo.6725328 https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit https://zenodo.org/record/6725329 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6725329 oai:zenodo.org:6725329 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode Biodiversity Taxonomy Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Cricetidae Microtus Microtus mystacinus info:eu-repo/semantics/other publication-taxonomictreatment 2017 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.672532910.5281/zenodo.670714210.5281/zenodo.670841910.5281/zenodo.676069510.5281/zenodo.6725328 2023-04-13T23:19:05Z 177. East European Vole Microtus mystacinus French: Campagnol de De Filippi / German: Ostfeldmaus / Spanish: Topillo europeo oriental Other common names: Russian Vole, Sibling Vole, Southern Vole Taxonomy. Arvicola mystacinus De Filippi, 1865, Lar Valley, N Iran. Microtus mystacinus is in subgenus Microtus and mystacinus species group. It was recognized in 1972 as a distinct species from M. arvalis and subsequently reported under five different names: subarvalis named by M. N. Meyer, V. N. Orlov and E. D. Skholl’ in 1972 (not subarvalis by E. Heller in 1933), epiroticus, rossiaemeridionalis, levis, and mystacinus. It was separated from arvalis based on chromosomal evidence (2n = 54 in mystacinus and 2n = 46 in arvalis) and cross-breeding experiments. The latter failed to produce litters between mystacinus and arvalis. Taxonomic status of mystacinus is also evident from nucleotide sequences. Subspecific taxonomy was never thoroughly assessed. Monotypic. Distribution. N & E Europe (S Finland, Baltic states, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, and W & SW Russia), Balkans (E Romania, S Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Greece), Turkey, Armenia, NW & N Iran, W & N Kazakhstan, and Russia as far E as Tobol River in W Siberia. Introduced to Svalbard and Jan Mayen Is in the N Atlantic and to several scattered localities in Siberia, Olkhon I in Lake Baikal, and Khabarovsk Krai in Russian Far East. Descriptive notes. Head—body 102-130 mm, tail 33-55 mm; weight 21-58 g. Males are, on average, heavier than females; means for 90day-old individuals are 30-5 g for males and 25-6 g for females. Individuals are, on average, larger in the south than the north. The East European Vole is moderately large, with short, stout, and large head; blunt muzzle; moderately large eyes; and long ears that protrude above fur. Tail averages 37% of head-body length. Legs are short, with six (exceptionally five) plantar tubercles. Females have eight nipples, two pairs each of pectoral and inguinal. Fur is shaggy and moderately long. Back is ... Other/Unknown Material Jan Mayen Svalbard Siberia sibling vole Zenodo Jan Mayen Svalbard Svalbard ENVELOPE(20.000,20.000,78.000,78.000) |
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177. East European Vole Microtus mystacinus French: Campagnol de De Filippi / German: Ostfeldmaus / Spanish: Topillo europeo oriental Other common names: Russian Vole, Sibling Vole, Southern Vole Taxonomy. Arvicola mystacinus De Filippi, 1865, Lar Valley, N Iran. Microtus mystacinus is in subgenus Microtus and mystacinus species group. It was recognized in 1972 as a distinct species from M. arvalis and subsequently reported under five different names: subarvalis named by M. N. Meyer, V. N. Orlov and E. D. Skholl’ in 1972 (not subarvalis by E. Heller in 1933), epiroticus, rossiaemeridionalis, levis, and mystacinus. It was separated from arvalis based on chromosomal evidence (2n = 54 in mystacinus and 2n = 46 in arvalis) and cross-breeding experiments. The latter failed to produce litters between mystacinus and arvalis. Taxonomic status of mystacinus is also evident from nucleotide sequences. Subspecific taxonomy was never thoroughly assessed. Monotypic. Distribution. N & E Europe (S Finland, Baltic states, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, and W & SW Russia), Balkans (E Romania, S Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Greece), Turkey, Armenia, NW & N Iran, W & N Kazakhstan, and Russia as far E as Tobol River in W Siberia. Introduced to Svalbard and Jan Mayen Is in the N Atlantic and to several scattered localities in Siberia, Olkhon I in Lake Baikal, and Khabarovsk Krai in Russian Far East. Descriptive notes. Head—body 102-130 mm, tail 33-55 mm; weight 21-58 g. Males are, on average, heavier than females; means for 90day-old individuals are 30-5 g for males and 25-6 g for females. Individuals are, on average, larger in the south than the north. The East European Vole is moderately large, with short, stout, and large head; blunt muzzle; moderately large eyes; and long ears that protrude above fur. Tail averages 37% of head-body length. Legs are short, with six (exceptionally five) plantar tubercles. Females have eight nipples, two pairs each of pectoral and inguinal. Fur is shaggy and moderately long. Back is ... |
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