Chionomys
Genus of rodents
Chionomys Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene to Recent | |
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European snow vole, (Chionomys nivalis) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
Tribe: | Microtini |
Genus: | Chionomys Miller, 1908 |
Type species | |
Arvicola nivalis | |
Species | |
Chionomys gud |
Chionomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[1]
Taxonomy
Mammal Species of the World and the IUCN recognize the following 3 species:[1]
- Caucasian snow vole (Chionomys gud)
- European snow vole (Chionomys nivalis)
- Robert's snow vole (Chionomys roberti)
The American Society of Mammalogists additionally recognizes these two species:[2]
- Lazistan snow vole (Chionomys lasistanius) split from C. gud[3]
- Stekolnikov's snow vole (Chionomys stekolnikovi) recently described[4][5]
References
- ^ a b Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Genus Chionomys". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 969–970. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Mammal Diversity Database (2023). "Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.11) [Data set]". Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7830771.
- ^ "Chionomys lasistanius". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
- ^ "Chionomys stekolnikovi". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
- ^ Golenishchev, F. N.; Malikov, V. G.; Bannikova, A. A.; Zykov, A. E.; Yiğit, N.; Çolak, E. (2022). "Diversity of snow voles of the "nivalis" group (Chionomys, Arvicolinae, Rodentia) in the eastern part of the range with a description of a new species". Russian Journal of Theriology. 21 (1): 1–12. doi:10.15298/rusjtheriol.21.1.01.
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Extant species of subfamily Arvicolinae
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Infraclass: Eutheria
- Superorder: Euarchontoglires
- Order: Rodentia
- Family: Cricetidae
Arvicola (Water voles) |
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Alexandromys |
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Chionomys (Snow voles) |
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Hyperacrius (Voles from Pakistan) |
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Lasiopodomys |
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Lemmiscus |
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Microtus (Voles) |
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Neodon (Mountain voles) |
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Proedromys |
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Stenocranius |
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Volemys |
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(Collared lemmings)
Dicrostonyx |
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(mole voles)
Ellobius (Mole voles) |
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(Steppe lemmings)
Eolagurus |
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Lagurus |
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(Lemmings)
Lemmus (True lemmings) |
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Myopus |
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Synaptomys (Bog lemmings) |
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Alticola (Voles from Central Asia) |
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Caryomys |
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Eothenomys (Voles from East Asia) |
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Clethrionomys (some Red-backed voles) |
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Craseomys (other Red-backed voles) |
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Neofiber |
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Ondatra |
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Dinaromys |
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Arborimus (Tree voles) |
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Phenacomys (Heather voles) |
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Prometheomys |
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