| Chionomys Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene to Recent
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| European snow vole, (Chionomys nivalis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Tribe: | Microtini |
| Genus: | Chionomys Miller, 1908 |
| Type species | |
| Arvicola nivalis Martins, 1842
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| Species | |
Chionomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]Mammal Species of the World and the IUCN recognize the following 3 species:[1]
- Caucasian snow vole (Chionomys gud)
- European snow vole (Chionomys nivalis)
- Robert's snow vole (Chionomys roberti)
The American Society of Mammalogists additionally recognizes these two species:[2]
- Lazistan snow vole (Chionomys lasistanius) split from C. gud[3]
- Stekolnikov's snow vole (Chionomys stekolnikovi) recently described[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Genus Chionomys". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 969–970. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Mammal Diversity Database (2023). "Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.11) [Data set]". Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7830771.
- ^ "Chionomys lasistanius". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
- ^ "Chionomys stekolnikovi". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
- ^ Golenishchev, F. N.; Malikov, V. G.; Bannikova, A. A.; Zykov, A. E.; Yiğit, N.; Çolak, E. (2022). "Diversity of snow voles of the "nivalis" group (Chionomys, Arvicolinae, Rodentia) in the eastern part of the range with a description of a new species". Russian Journal of Theriology. 21 (1): 1–12. doi:10.15298/rusjtheriol.21.1.01.
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