Microtus townsendii

(Bachman, 1839)

Townsend's 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: Mynomes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bachman, J. 1839. Description of several new species of American quadrupeds. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8(1):57-74.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623030

Original name as described

Arvicola Townsendii

Other common names

Triangle Island Vole

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Columbia River." Restricted by V. Bailey in 1900 to "Lower Columbia River, near mouth of Willamette, on or near Wappatoo (or Sauvie) Island, " Oregon, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(CA, OR, WA)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002107

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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: 16 names and synonyms.

Arvicola Townsendii

Bachman, 1839

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

townsendii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

on the Columbia river

Type locality

United States: Oregon: Multnomah County, Oregon.

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623030

Authority publication

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Murray (1866:357, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Fitzinger (1867:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
Coues (1874:190, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26362040) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15059)

Hypudaeus Townsendii:

H. R. Schinz, 1845

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

townsendii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

250

Authority publication

Solothurn

Name usages

Schinz (1845:250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37529)

Arvicola occidentalis

T. R. Peale, 1849

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:10083 (= USNM:MAMM:A4157)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Obtained at Puget Sound, Oregon.

Type locality

United States: Washington.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3da27f780-c6f5-4782-8756-9d3ee3b7b4e7

Authority page

45

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

Murray (1866:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Fitzinger (1867:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Arvicola Townsendi:

F. W. True, 1885

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

townsendi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

597

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306391

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:597, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Arvicola (Tetramerodon) tetramerus

Rhoads, 1894

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tetramerus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 7327 (= SNR 327)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia

Type locality

Canada: British Columbia.

Authority page

283

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1867603

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Microtus townsendi:

G. S. Miller, 1896

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

townsendi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811355

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Miller (1896:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14564)
Trouessart (1897:564, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Bailey (1900:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14578)
Trouessart (1904:454, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Corbet & Hill (1980:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Microtus occidentalis:

Trouessart, 1897

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

563

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435107

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:563, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)

Microtus tetramerus:

Trouessart, 1897

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tetramerus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

564

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435108

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:564, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Bailey (1900:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14578)
Trouessart (1904:454, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Miller (1912:221, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7828326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11760)

Microtus townsendii:

Cope, 1899

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

townsendii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

205

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36863363

Authority publication

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Cope (1899:205, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36863363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57701)
Miller (1912:220, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7828325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11760)
Grinnell (1933:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)
Bailey (1936:206, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
Anderson (1947:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62435273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72301)
Hall & Cockrum (1953:421, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10715475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17243)
Hall (1981:804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:497, 498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13487/115114983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microtus townsendii cummingi

E. R. Hall, 1936

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cummingi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:68836

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Bowen Island, Howe Sound, British Columbia

Type locality

Canada: British Columbia: 49°22′37″N, 123°22′10″W.

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:68836

Authority page

15

Authority publication

The Murrelet

Name usages

Anderson (1947:158, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62435274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72301)
Hall & Cockrum (1953:421, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10715475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17243)
Hall (1981:804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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