Name - Clethrionomys Tilesius 1850

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:7040 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Clethrionomys

• Myodes Pallas 1811

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Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Fauna sinica. Mammalia. Volume 6. Rodentia. Part III: Cricetidae.
• Myodes Pallas 1811 is a valid name for the genus of red-backed voles (Critecidae) [(Cricetidae)].
• Clethrionomys Tilesius, 1850 is the valid generic name for red-backed voles and Myodes Pallas, 1811 is a junior synonym of Lemmus Link, 1795.
• The valid generic name for red-backed voles (Muroidea: Cricetidae: Arvicolinae): restatement of the case for Myodes Pallas, 1811.
• Back to the future: the proper name for red-backed voles is Clethrionomys Tilesius and not Myodes Pallas.

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Sherborn Index Animalium

• Isis (Munich), (2) 1850: 28. [Index Animalium Entry]

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