Microtus — Details

Known prey organisms

Microtus (microtine mammals) preys on:
Plantae
invertebrates
Helianthus
Agropyron
Stipa
Pinus
shrubs
grass
herbs
tundra vegetation
berries

Based on studies in:
USA: California (Marine)
Canada: Manitoba (Grassland)
USA: Arizona (Forest, Montane)
Russia (Tundra)

This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.

D. I. Rasmussen, Biotic communities of Kaibab Plateau, Arizona, Ecol. Monogr. 11(3):228-275, from p. 261 (1941).
R. F. Johnston, Predation by short-eared owls on a Salicornia salt marsh, Wilson Bull. 68(2):91-102, from p. 99 (1956).
R. D. Bird, Biotic communities of the Aspen Parkland of central Canada, Ecology, 11:356-442, from p. 383 (1930).
V. I. Osmolovskaya, Geographical distribution of raptors in Kazakhstan plains and their importance for pest control, Tr. Acad. Sci. USSR Inst. Geogr. 41:5-77 (1948). (In Russian.)
T. Dunaeva and V. Kucheruk, Material on the ecology of the terrestrial vertebrates of the tundra of south Yamal, Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou (N.S., Zool. Sect.) 4(19):1-80 (1941).

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Molecular Biology and Genetics

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Locations of barcode samples

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Statistics of barcoding coverage

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats

Specimen Records:	520
Specimens with Sequences:	455
Specimens with Barcodes:	449
Public Records:	8
Species:	36
Species With Barcodes:	33

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Molecular Biology

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Microtus cf. arvalis

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Species: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Wikipedia

Microtus

The genus Microtus is a group of voles found in North America, Europe and northern Asia. The genus name refers to the small ears of these animals. There are 62 species in the genus.

These animals live in grassy areas. They are stout rodents with short ears, legs and tails. They eat green vegetation such as grasses and sedges in summer and grains, seeds, roots and bark at other times. The genus is also called "meadow voles" (ITIS database)

The complete list of species is:

Insular Vole (Microtus abbreviatus)
California Vole (Microtus californicus)
Rock Vole (Microtus chrotorrhinus)
Long-tailed Vole (Microtus longicaudus)
Mexican Vole (Microtus mexicanus)
Singing Vole (Microtus miurus)
Water Vole (Microtus richardsoni)
Zempoaltépec Vole (Microtus umbrosus)
Taiga Vole (Microtus xanthognathus)

Subgenus Microtus

Field Vole (Microtus agrestis)
Anatolian Vole (Microtus anatolicus)
Common Vole (Microtus arvalis)
Cabrera's Vole (Microtus cabrerae)
Doğramaci's Vole (Microtus dogramacii)
Günther's Vole (Microtus guentheri)
Tien Shan Vole (Microtus ilaeus)
Persian Vole (Microtus irani)
Southern Vole (Microtus levis)
Paradox Vole (Microtus paradoxus)
Qazvin Vole (Microtus qazvinensis)
Schidlovsky's Vole (Microtus schidlovskii)
Social Vole (Microtus socialis)
Transcaspian Vole (Microtus transcaspicus)

Subgenus Terricola

Subgenus Mynomes

Beach Vole (Microtus breweri)
Gray-tailed Vole (Microtus canicaudus)
Montane Vole (Microtus montanus)
Creeping Vole (Microtus oregoni)
Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)
Townsend's Vole (Microtus townsendii)

Subgenus Alexandromys

Clarke's Vole (Microtus clarkei)
Evorsk Vole (Microtus evoronensis)
Reed Vole (Microtus fortis)
Gerbe's Vole (Microtus gerbei)
Taiwan Vole (Microtus kikuchii)
Lacustrine Vole (Microtus limnophilus)
Maximowicz's Vole (Microtus maximowiczii)
Middendorf's Vole (Microtus middendorffi)
Mongolian Vole (Microtus mongolicus)
Japanese Grass Vole (Microtus montebelli)
Muisk Vole (Microtus mujanensis)
Tundra Vole or Root Vole (Microtus oeconomus)
Microtus oeconomus arenicola
Sakhalin Vole (Microtus sachalinensis)

Subgenus Stenocranius

Narrow-headed Vole (Microtus gregalis)

Subgenus Pitymys

Subgenus Pedomys

Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster)

Subgenus Hyrcanicola

Schelkovnikov's Pine Vole (Microtus schelkovnikovi)

References

Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. (online database version entry for Muroidea).

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Pitymys

Pitymys is a subgenus of voles in the genus Microtus. Species in this subgenus are:

References

D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2005: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

Extant species of subfamily Arvicolinae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Infraclass: Eutheria · Superorder: Euarchontoglires · Order: Rodentia · Family: Cricetidae

Arvicolini

Arvicola (Water voles)	European Water Vole (A. amphibius) · Southwestern Water Vole (A. sapidus) · Montane Water Vole (A. scherman)

Blanfordimys	Afghan Vole (B. afghanus) · Bucharian Vole (B. bucharicus)

Chionomys (Snow voles)	Caucasian Snow Vole (C. gud) · European Snow Vole (C. nivalis) · Robert's Snow Vole (C. roberti)

Lasiopodomys	Brandt's Vole (L. brandtii) · Plateau Vole (L. fuscus) · Mandarin Vole (L. mandarinus)

Lemmiscus	Sagebrush Vole (L. curtatus)

Microtus (Voles)	Subgenus Microtus: Field Vole (M. agrestis) · Anatolian Vole (M. anatolicus) · Common Vole (M. arvalis) · Cabrera's Vole (M. cabrerae) · Doğramaci's Vole (M. dogramacii) · Günther's Vole (M. guentheri) · Tien Shan Vole (M. ilaeus) · Persian Vole (M. irani) · Southern Vole (M. levis) · Paradox Vole (M. paradoxus) · Qazvin Vole (M. qazvinensis) · Schidlovsky's Vole (M. schidlovskii) · Social Vole (M. socialis) · European Pine Vole (M. subterraneus) · Transcaspian Vole (M. transcaspicus) Subgenus Terricola: Bavarian Pine Vole (M. bavaricus) · Calabria Pine Vole (M. brachycercus) · Daghestan Pine Vole (M. daghestanicus) · Mediterranean Pine Vole (M. duodecimcostatus) · Felten's Vole (M. felteni) · Liechtenstein's Pine Vole (M. liechtensteini) · Lusitanian Pine Vole (M. lusitanicus) · Major's Pine Vole (M. majori) · Alpine Pine Vole (M. multiplex) · Savi's Pine Vole (M. savii) · Tatra Pine Vole (M. tatricus) · Thomas's Pine Vole (M. thomasi) Subgenus Mynomes: Beach Vole (M. breweri) · Gray-tailed Vole (M. canicaudus) · Montane Vole (M. montanus) · Creeping Vole (M. oregoni) · Meadow Vole (M. pennsylvanicus) · Townsend's Vole (M. townsendii) Subgenus Alexandromys: Clarke's Vole (M. clarkei) · Evorsk Vole (M. evoronensis) · Reed Vole (M. fortis) · Gerbe's Vole (M. gerbei) · Taiwan Vole (M. kikuchii) · Lacustrine Vole (M. limnophilus) · Maximowicz's Vole (M. maximowiczii) · Middendorf's Vole (M. middendorffi) · Mongolian Vole (M. mongolicus) · Japanese Grass Vole (M. montebelli) · Muisk Vole (M. mujanensis) · Tundra Vole (M. oeconomus) · Sakhalin Vole (M. sachalinensis) Subgenus Stenocranius: Narrow-headed Vole (M. gregalis) Subgenus Pitymys: Guatemalan Vole (M. guatemalensis) · Tarabundí Vole (M. oaxacensis) · Woodland Vole (M. pinetorum) · Jalapan Pine Vole (M. quasiater) Subgenus Pedomys: Prairie Vole (M. ochrogaster) Subgenus Hyrcanicola: Schelkovnikov's Pine Vole (M. schelkovnikovi) incertae sedis: Insular Vole (M. abbreviatus) · California Vole (M. californicus) · Rock Vole (M. chrotorrhinus) · Long-tailed Vole (M. longicaudus) · Mexican Vole (M. mexicanus) · Singing Vole (M. miurus) · Water Vole (M. richardsoni) · Zempoaltépec Vole (M. umbrosus) · Taiga Vole (M. xanthognathus)

Neodon (Mountain voles)	Juniper Vole (N. juldaschi) · Chinese Scrub Vole (N. irene) · Sikkim Mountain Vole (N. sikimensis) · Forrest's Mountain Vole (N. forresti)

Phaiomys	Blyth's Vole (P. leucurus)

Proedromys	Duke of Bedford's Vole (P. bedfordi) · P. liangshanensis

Volemys	Szechuan Vole (V. millicens) · Marie's Vole (V. musseri)

Dicrostonychini
(Collared lemmings)

Dicrostonyx

Ellobiusini
(mole voles)

Ellobius
(Mole voles)

Alai Mole Vole (E. alaicus) · Southern Mole Vole (E. fuscocapillus) · Transcaucasian Mole Vole (E. lutescens) · Northern Mole Vole (E. talpinus) · Zaisan Mole Vole (E. tancrei)

Lagurini
(Steppe lemmings)

Eolagurus	Yellow Steppe Lemming (E. luteus) · Przewalski's Steppe Lemming (E. przewalskii)

Lagurus	Steppe Lemming (L. lagurus)

Lemmini
(Lemmings)

Lemmus (True lemmings)	Amur Lemming (L. amurensis) · Norway lemming (L. lemmus) · Siberian Brown Lemming (L. sibiricus) · North American Brown Lemming (L. trimucronatus) · Wrangel Island Lemming (L. portenkoi)

Myopus	Wood Lemming (M. schisticolor)

Synaptomys (Bog lemmings)	Northern Bog Lemming (S. borealis) · Southern Bog Lemming (S. cooperi)

Myodini

Alticola (Voles from Central Asia)	Subgenus Alticola: White-tailed Mountain Vole (A. albicauda) · Silver Mountain Vole (A. argentatus) · Gobi Altai Mountain Vole (A. barakshin) · Central Kashmir Vole (A. montosa) · Royle's Mountain Vole (A. roylei) · Mongolian Silver Vole (A. semicanus) · Stolička's Mountain Vole (A. stoliczkanus) · Tuva Silver Vole (A. tuvinicus) Subgenus Aschizomys: Lemming Vole (A. lemminus) · Large-eared Vole (A. macrotis) · Lake Baikal Mountain Vole (A. olchonensis) Subgenus Platycranius: Flat-headed Vole (A. strelzowi)

Caryomys	Ganzu Vole (C. eva) · Kolan Vole (C. inez)

Eothenomys (Voles from East Asia)	Kachin Red-backed Vole (E. cachinus) · Pratt's Vole (E. chinensis) · Southwest China Vole (E. custos) · Père David's Vole (E. melanogaster) · Yunnan Red-backed Vole (E. miletus) · Chaotung Vole (E. olitor) · Yulungshan Vole (E. proditor) · Ward's Red-backed Vole (E. wardi)

Hyperacrius (Voles from Pakistan)	True's Vole (H. fertilis) · Murree Vole (H. wynnei)

Myodes (Red-backed voles)	Japanese Red-Backed Vole (M. andersoni) · Western Red-backed Vole (M. californicus) · Tien Shan Red-backed Vole (M. centralis) · Southern Red-backed Vole (M. gapperi) · Bank Vole (M. glareolus) · Imaizumi's Red-backed Vole (M. imaizumii) · Royal Vole (M. regulus) · Hokkaido Red-backed Vole (M. rex) · Grey Red-backed Vole (M. rufocanus) · Northern Red-backed Vole (M. rutilus) · Shansei Vole (M. shanseius) · Smith's Vole (M. smithii)

Neofibrini

Neofiber

Round-tailed Muskrat (N. alleni)

Ondatrini

Ondatra

Muskrat (O. zibethicus)

Pliomyini

Dinaromys

Balkan Snow Vole (D. bogdanovi)

Prometheomyini

Prometheomys

Long-clawed Mole Vole (P. schaposchnikowi)

incertae sedis

Arborimus (Tree voles)	White-footed Vole (A. albipes) · Red Tree Vole (A. longicaudus) · California Red Tree Mouse (A. pomo)

Phenacomys (Heather voles)	Western Heather Vole (P. intermedius) · Eastern Heather Vole (P. ungava)

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