Name - Myodes Pallas 1811

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1852517 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Myodes

• Clethrionomys Tilesius 1850

• Evotomys Coues 1874

• Myodes Pall.

• Myodes (Pall. 1811)

• Lemmus Link 1795

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Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• The valid generic name for red-backed voles (Muroidea: Cricetidae: Arvicolinae): restatement of the case for Myodes Pallas, 1811.
• Reassessment of the taxonomic status of Craseomys and three controversial species of Myodes and Alticola (Rodentia: Arvicolinae).
• Back to the future: the proper name for red-backed voles is Clethrionomys Tilesius and not Myodes Pallas.
• A diagnostic complex of features used to identify voles Myodes (Rodentia, Circetidae) in their sympatric areas.

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Sherborn Index Animalium

• Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., I 1811: 173. [Index Animalium Entry]

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