Prometheomys schaposchnikowi

Satunin, 1901

Long-clawed Mole Vole

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Satunin, K.A. 1901-09-30. Über ein neues Nager-Genus (Prometheomys) aus dem Kaukasus. Zoologischer Anzeiger 24(653):572-575.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9745535

Original name as described

Prometheomys schaposchnikowi

Other common names

Promethean Vole

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Kaukasus." Restricted by S. I. Ognev in 1947 to Gudaur, south of Krestovyi Pass, Dusheti District, Georgia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Georgia · Russia · Turkey

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002200

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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: 3 names and synonyms.

Prometheomys schaposchnikowi

Satunin, 1901

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

schaposchnikowi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

unter blühenden Anemonen unweit des Krevizberges auf der Grusinischen Heerstraße in der Hauptkette des Kaukasus, ca. 6500' hoch

Type locality

Georgia.

Authority page

574

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9745535

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:464, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:659, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722960) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Corbet (1978:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35988)
Corbet & Hill (1980:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:534) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18339/22389618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
Abramson, Skalon, Bondareva, Bodrov, Petrova & Dvoyashov (2025:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68651)

Prometheomys schaposchnikovi:

Shidlovskiy, 1962

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

schaposchnikovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

120

Authority publication

Tbilisi

Name usages

Shidlovskiy (1962:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68819)
Baryshnikov (2002:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5389)

Prometheomys schaposchnikovi palaeokudarensis

Baryshnikov & G. I. Baranova, 1983

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

palaeokudarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 69099

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Georgia.

Authority page

113

Authority publication

Труды Зоологического института

Name usages

Baryshnikov (2002:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5389)

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