Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentiaa
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea
Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Arvicolinae
Genus: Alticola
Species: A albicaudus - A argentatus - A barakshin - A lemminus - A macrotis - A montosa - A. olchonensis – A roylei - A semicanus - A stoliczkanus - A stracheyi - A strelzowi - A tuvinicus
Name
Alticola Blanford, 1881: 96
Type species: Arvicola stoliczkanus Blanford, 1875, by subsequent designation by Miller (1896: 52).
References
Primary references
Blanford, W.T. 1881. On the Voles (Arvicolae) of the Himalayas, Tibet, and Afghanistan. The journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 50: 88–117. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
Kryštufek, B. & Shenbrot, G.I. 2022. Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor Press: Maribor. 449 pp. hdl: 20.500.12657/57647 Reference page.
Withnell, C.B. & Scarpetta, S.G. 2024. A new perspective on the taxonomy and systematics of Arvicolinae (Gray, 1821) and a new time-calibrated phylogeny for the clade. PeerJ 12: e16693. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.16693 Open access Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: Mountain Voles
suomi: Ylänkömyyrät
日本語: コウザンネズミ属
Alticola is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[1]
Species
The following species are recognized by the American Society of Mammalogists:[2]
Subgenus Alticola
White-tailed mountain vole, A. albicauda
Silver mountain vole, A. argentatus
Gobi Altai mountain vole, A. barakshin
Alticola kohistanicus
Central Kashmir vole, A. montosus
Lake Baikal mountain vole, A. olchonensis
Alticola parvidens
Royle's mountain vole, A. roylei
Mongolian silver vole, A. semicanus
Stolička's mountain vole, A. stoliczkanus
Flat-headed vole, A. strelzovi
Tuva silver vole, A. tuvinicus
Subgenus Aschizomys
Lemming vole, A. lemminus
Large-eared vole, A. macrotis
References
Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. 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.
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