Terricola (subgenus)
Terricola is a subgenus of voles in the genus Microtus. The authority for this taxon is Fatio in 1867. Earlier use of the name by John Fleming has no formal taxonomic standing.[1] Species in this subgenus are:
- 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)
| Terricola | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Lusitanian pine vole, Microtus lusitanicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Microtus |
| Subgenus: | Terricola Fatio, 1867 |
| Species | |
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Microtus bavaricus | |
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.
- Boris Krystufek, Huw Griffiths and Vladimir Vohralik (1996) The status and use of Terricola Fatio, 1867 in the Taxonomy of Palaearctic pine voles (Pitymys) (Rodentia, Arvicolinae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique - Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, 66:237-240.
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