Microtus brachycercus

(E. von Lehmann, 1961)

Calabria Pine 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: Microtus
Subgenus: Terricola

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lehmann, E. von. 1961. Über die Kleinsäuger der La Sila (Kalabrien). Zoologischer Anzeiger 167:213-229.

Original name as described

Pitymys savii brachycercus

Type material

ZFMK:Mamm:1960.379

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Camigliatello Silano, Calabria, Italy.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Italy

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002056

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 6 names and synonyms.

Pitymys savii brachycercus

E. von Lehmann, 1961

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

brachycercus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1960.379

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Camigliatello Silano

Type locality

Italy: Calabria: 39°20′23″N, 16°26′39″E.

Authority page

223

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

Kahmann (1964:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35873)
Corbet (1978:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35988)
Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Terricola) savii niethammeri

Contoli, 2000

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

niethammeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notexplicitlynew

Original type locality

Gargano

Authority page

40

Authority publication

Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus (Terricola) savii niethammericus

Contoli, 2003

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

niethammericus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:2003.928

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Italy: Apulia: 41°7′48″N, 15°34′48″E.

Authority page

109

Authority publication

Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus brachycercus:

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

brachycercus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Gippoliti (2013:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25250)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136536) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136536) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002056) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136536/518646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microtus brachycercus brachycercus:

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

brachycercus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

325

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Microtus brachycercus niethammericus:

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

niethammericus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

325

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

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