Arvicola persicus
De Filippi, 1865
Persian Water Vole
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Cricetidae |
| Subfamily | : Arvicolinae |
| Tribe | : Arvicolini |
| Genus | : Arvicola |
Species status
Authority citation
De Filippi, F. 1865. Note di un viaggio in Persia nel 1862. G. Daelli & C., Milan, 396 pp.
Authority publication link
https://books.google.com/books?id=nDFEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA344Original name as described
Arvicola amphybius var persica
Type material
MRSN (number not known)
Type kind
syntypes
Type locality
Soltaniyeh on the plateau S of the Alborz Mts, Iran.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Iran · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Georgia · Iraq · Turkey
Taxonomy notes
split from A. amphibius; populations identified as A. amphibius from Azerbaijan were shown to be sister to A. persicus, but these populations may represent a distinct species
Taxonomy notes citation
Mahmoudi, A., Maul, L.C., Khoshyar, M., Darvish, J., Aliabadian, M. and Kryštufek, B. 2020. Evolutionary history of water voles revisited: confronting a new phylogenetic model from molecular data with the fossil record. Mammalia 84(2):171-184. doi:10.1515/mammalia-2018-0178 · Chevret, P., Renaud, S., Helvaci, Z., Ulrich, R.G., Quéré, J.-P. and Michaux, J.R. 2020. Genetic structure, ecological versatility, and skull shape differentiation in Arvicola water voles (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 58(4):1323-1334. doi:10.1111/jzs.12384 · Bulycheva, S. V., Markova, E. A., Yalkovskaya, L. E., Nadirli, L. V., & Borodin, A. V. Phylogenetic relationships of water voles (Arvicola, Rodentia) of Azerbaijan according to the cytochrome b gene.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
Species Permalink
https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002040Country distribution map
The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.
Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.
Please send any edits, corrections, or unfilled data (including full citations) to mammaldiversity [at] gmail [dot] com.