Alticola tuvinicus

Ognev, 1950

Tuva Mountain Vole

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Tribe: Clethrionomyini
Genus: Alticola
Subgenus: Alticola

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ognev, S.I. 1950. Звери СССР и прилежащих стран. Том VII. Издательство Академии Наук СССР, Moscow, 706 pp.

Original name as described

Alticola tuvinicus

Other common names

Tuva Silver Vole

Type material

ZMMU S-95898

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-95898

Type locality

vicinity of town Kyzyl, Tuvan Republic (S Siberia), Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Mongolia · Russia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002157

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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: 5 names and synonyms.

Alticola tuvinicus

Ognev, 1950

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tuvinicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-95898

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Tuvinskaya avt. obl., No M. II 4048, okr. g. Kyzyr

Type locality

Russia: Tuva.

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-95898

Authority page

520

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1991:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #959) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #959) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/959/22342594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
Abramson, Skalon, Bondareva, Bodrov, Petrova & Dvoyashov (2025:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68651)

Alticola khubsugulensis

Litvinov, 1973

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

khubsugulensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-102330

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mongolia.

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-102330

Authority page

206

Authority publication

Труды Советско-Монгольской комплексной Хубсугульской экспедиции

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola kosogol

Litvinov, 1973

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

kosogol

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

208, 209

Authority publication

Труды Советско-Монгольской комплексной Хубсугульской экспедиции

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola tuvinicus khubsugulensis:

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

khubsugulensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

95

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Alticola tuvinicus tuvinicus:

Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tuvinicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

94

Authority publication

Maribor

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

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