Voles and Lemmings - Classification

Classification

Subfamily Arvicolinae - voles, lemmings, muskrats

The subfamily Arvicolinae contains ten tribes, seven of which are classified as voles, one as lemmings, and two as muskrats.

Tribe Arvicolini
- Genus Arvicola - water voles
  - European (or Northern) Water Vole, Arvicola amphibius (Arvicola terrestris)
  - Southwestern (or Southern) Water Vole, Arvicola sapidus
  - Montane Water Vole, Arvicola scherman
- Genus Blanfordimys
  - Afghan Vole, Blanfordimys afghanus
  - Bucharian Vole, Blanfordimys bucharicus
- Genus Chionomys - snow voles
  - Caucasian Snow Vole, Chionomys gud
  - European Snow Vole, Chionomys nivalis
  - Robert's Snow Vole, Chionomys roberti
- Genus Lasiopodomys
  - Brandt's Vole, Lasiopodomys brandtii
  - Plateau Vole, Lasiopodomys fuscus
  - Mandarin Vole, Lasiopodomys mandarinus
- Genus Lemmiscus
  - Sagebrush Vole, Lemmiscus curtatus
- Genus Microtus - voles
  - 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
    - European Pine Vole, Microtus subterraneus
    - Transcaspian Vole, Microtus transcaspicus
  - Subgenus Terricola
    - Bavarian Pine Vole, Microtus bavaricus
    - Calabria Pine Vole, Microtus brachycercus
    - Daghestan Pine Vole, Microtus daghestanicus
    - Mediterranean Pine Vole, Microtus duodecimcostatus
    - Felten's Vole, Microtus felteni
    - Liechtenstein's Pine Vole, Microtus liechtensteini
    - Lusitanian Pine Vole, Microtus lusitanicus
    - Major's Pine Vole, Microtus majori
    - Alpine Pine Vole, Microtus multiplex
    - Savi's Pine Vole, Microtus savii
    - Tatra Pine Vole, Microtus tatricus
    - Thomas's Pine Vole, Microtus thomasi
  - 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 (Root Vole), Microtus oeconomus
    - Sakhalin Vole, Microtus sachalinensis
  - Subgenus Stenocranius
    - Narrow-headed Vole, Microtus gregalis
  - Subgenus Pitymys
    - Guatemalan Vole, Microtus guatemalensis
    - Tarabundí Vole, Microtus oaxacensis
    - Woodland Vole, Microtus pinetorum
    - Jalapan Pine Vole, Microtus quasiater
  - Subgenus Pedomys
    - Prairie Vole, Microtus ochrogaster
  - Subgenus Hyrcanicola
    - Schelkovnikov's Pine Vole, Microtus schelkovnikovi
- Genus Neodon - mountain voles
  - Juniper Vole, Neodon juldaschi
  - Chinese Scrub Vole, Neodon irene
  - Sikkim Vole, Neodon sikimensis
  - Forrest's Vole, Neodon forresti
  - Neodon linzhiensis
- Genus Phaiomys
  - Blyth's Vole, Phaiomys leucurus
- Genus Proedromys
  - Duke of Bedford's Vole, Proedromys bedfordi
  - Proedromys liangshanensis
- Genus Volemys
  - Szechuan Vole, Volemys millicens
  - Marie's Vole, Volemys musseri
Tribe Dicrostonychini - collared lemmings
- Genus Dicrostonyx
  - St. Lawrence Island Collared Lemming, Dicrostonyx exsul (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus exsul)
  - Northern Collared Lemming, Dicrostonyx groenlandicus
  - Ungava Collared Lemming, Dicrostonyx hudsonius
  - Victoria Collared Lemming, Dicrostonyx kilangmiutak (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus kilangmiutak)
  - Nelson's Collared Lemming, Dicrostonyx nelsoni (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus nelsoni)
  - Ogilvie Mountains Collared Lemming, Dicrostonyx nunatakensis
  - Richardson's Collared Lemming, Dicrostonyx richardsoni
  - Bering Collared Lemming, Dicrostonyx rubricatus (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus rubricatus)
  - Arctic Lemming, Dicrostonyx torquatus
  - Unalaska Collared Lemming, Dicrostonyx unalascensis
  - Wrangel Lemming, Dicrostonyx vinogradovi
Tribe Ellobiusini - mole voles
- Genus Ellobius - mole voles
  - Alai Mole Vole, Ellobius alaicus
  - Southern Mole Vole, Ellobius fuscocapillus
  - Transcaucasian Mole Vole, Ellobius lutescens
  - Northern Mole Vole, Ellobius talpinus
  - Zaisan Mole Vole, Ellobius tancrei
Tribe Lagurini
- Genus Eolagurus
  - Yellow Steppe Lemming, Eolagurus luteus
  - Przewalski's Steppe Lemming, Eolagurus przewalskii
- Genus Lagurus
  - Steppe Lemming, Lagurus lagurus
Tribe Lemmini - lemmings
- Genus Lemmus - true lemmings
  - Amur Lemming, Lemmus amurensis
  - Norway lemming, Lemmus lemmus
  - Siberian Brown Lemming, Lemmus sibiricus
  - North American Brown Lemming, Lemmus trimucronatus
  - Wrangel Island Lemming, Lemmus portenkoi
- Genus Myopus
  - Wood Lemming, Myopus schisticolor
- Genus Synaptomys - bog lemmings
  - Northern Bog Lemming, Synaptomys borealis
  - Southern Bog Lemming, Synaptomys cooperi
Tribe Myodini
- Genus Alticola - voles from Central Asia
  - Subgenus Alticola
    - White-tailed Mountain Vole, Alticola albicauda
    - Silver Mountain Vole, Alticola argentatus
    - Gobi Altai Mountain Vole, Alticola barakshin
    - Central Kashmir Vole, Alticola montosa
    - Royle's Mountain Vole, Alticola roylei
    - Mongolian Silver Vole, Alticola semicanus
    - Stoliczka's Mountain Vole, Alticola stoliczkanus
    - Tuva Silver Vole, Alticola tuvinicus
  - Subgenus Aschizomys
    - Lemming Vole, Alticola lemminus
    - Large-eared Vole, Alticola macrotis
    - Lake Baikal Mountain Vole, Alticola olchonensis
  - Subgenus Platycranius
    - Flat-headed Vole, Alticola strelzowi
- Genus Caryomys
  - Ganzu Vole, Caryomys eva
  - Kolan Vole, Caryomys inez
- Genus Eothenomys - voles from East Asia
  - Kachin Red-backed Vole, Eothenomys cachinus
  - Pratt's Vole, Eothenomys chinensis
  - Southwest China Vole, Eothenomys custos
  - Pére David's Vole, Eothenomys melanogaster
  - Yunnan Red-backed Vole, Eothenomys miletus
  - Chaotung Vole, Eothenomys olitor
  - Yulungshan Vole, Eothenomys proditor
  - Ward's Red-backed Vole, Eothenomys wardi
- Genus Hyperacrius - voles from Pakistan
  - True's Vole, Hyperacrius fertilis
  - Murree Vole, Hyperacrius wynnei
- Genus Myodes - red-backed voles
  - Anderson's Red-backed Vole, Myodes andersoni
  - Western Red-backed Vole, Myodes californicus
  - Tien Shan Red-backed Vole, Myodes centralis
  - Southern Red-backed Vole, Myodes gapperi
  - Bank Vole, Myodes glareolus
  - Imaizumi's Red-backed Vole, Myodes imaizumii
  - Korean Red-backed Vole, Myodes regulus
  - Hokkaido Red-backed Vole, Myodes rex
  - Grey Red-backed Vole, Myodes rufocanus
  - Northern Red-backed Vole, Myodes rutilus
  - Shansei Vole, Myodes shanseius
  - Smith's Vole, Myodes smithii
Tribe Neofibrini
- Genus Neofiber
  - Round-tailed Muskrat, Neofiber alleni
Tribe Ondatrini - muskrat
- Genus Ondatra
  - Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus
Tribe Pliomyini
- Genus Dinaromys
  - Balkan Snow Vole, Dinaromys bogdanovi
Tribe Prometheomyini
- Genus Prometheomys
  - Long-clawed Mole Vole, Prometheomys schaposchnikowi
incertae sedis
- Genus Arborimus - tree voles
  - White-footed Vole, Arborimus albipes
  - Red Tree Vole, Arborimus longicaudus
  - Sonoma Tree Vole, Arborimus pomo
- Genus Phenacomys - heather voles
  - Western Heather Vole, Phenacomys intermedius
  - Eastern Heather Vole, Phenacomys ungava

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