Authority citation: Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033872
Original name as described: Mus amphibius
Nominal names: amphibius (Linnaeus, 1758) | terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) | paludosus (Linnaeus, 1771) | minor (Leske, 1779) [preoccupied] | maculatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | niger (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | Shermann (Bechstein, 1801) [not intended as a scientific name | incorrect subsequent spelling | not used as valid] | albus (Bechstein, 1801) [preoccupied] | canus (Bechstein, 1801) | scherman (G. K. Shaw, 1801) | shermann (Bechstein, 1801) [not intended as a scientific name | not used as valid] | schermaus (Hermann, 1804) [not intended as a scientific name] | aquaticus (F. Cuvier, 1817) [nomen novum] | schermaus (F. Cuvier, 1817) | argentoratensis A. G. Desmarest, 1822 | aquaticus (Billberg, 1827) [preoccupied] | ater (Billberg, 1827) | littoralis (Billberg, 1827) | buffonii (J. B. Fischer, 1829) | ater W. MacGillivray, 1832 [preoccupied] | major zu Münster, 1833 [nomen nudum] | monticola de Sélys-Longchamps, 1838 | albus Lesson, 1842 [nomen nudum] | americanus J. E. Gray, 1842 | fossilis Lesson, 1842 [nomen nudum] | albomaculatus de Sélys-Longchamps, 1845 [nomen nudum | infrasubspecific] | albomaculatus de Sélys-Longchamps, 1845 [nomen nudum | infrasubspecific] | albus de Sélys-Longchamps, 1845 [nomen nudum | infrasubspecific] | albus de Sélys-Longchamps, 1845 [nomen nudum | infrasubspecific] | albus de Sélys-Longchamps, 1845 [nomen nudum | infrasubspecific] | castaneus de Sélys-Longchamps, 1845 [nomen nudum] | major de Sélys-Longchamps, 1845 [nomen nudum] | niger de Sélys-Longchamps, 1845 [nomen nudum] | nigricans de Sélys-Longchamps, 1845 [nomen nudum] | antiquus A. Pomel, 1852 | amphybius De Filippi, 1865 [incorrect subsequent spelling] | nigrofuscus (Fitzinger, 1867) [nomen nudum] | aquatilis (König-Warthausen, 1875) [not used as valid] | fossilis Roger, 1882 [nomen nudum] | fossilis Roger, 1882 [nomen nudum] | illyricus (Barrett-Hamilton, 1899) | rufescens (Satunin, 1908) [preoccupied] | abbotti Hinton, 1910 | exilis Lydekker, 1910 [incorrect subsequent spelling] | exitus G. S. Miller, 1910 | reta G. S. Miller, 1910 [nomen novum] | pallasii Ognev, 1913 [infrasubspecific] | scythicus O. Thomas, 1914 | meridionalis Ognev, 1922 | tauricus Ognev, 1922 | ognevi Turov, 1926 | abrukensis Reinwaldt, 1927 | djukovi Ognev & Formozov, 1927 | brigantium O. Thomas, 1928 | kuruschi Heptner & Formozov, 1928 | tanaiticus Kalabuchov & Rayevskiy, 1930 | hintoni Aharoni, 1932 | caucasicus Ognev, 1933 | cubanensis Ognev, 1933 | ferrugineus Ognev, 1933 [preoccupied] | jacutensis Ognev, 1933 | jenissejensis Ognev, 1933 | kuznetzovi Ognev, 1933 | meridionalis Ognev, 1933 [preoccupied] | tataricus Ognev, 1933 | turovi Ognev, 1933 | variabilis Ognev, 1933 | volgensis Ognev, 1933 | korabensis V. E. Martino & E. V. Martino, 1937 | obensis Egorin, 1939 | uralensis Egorin, 1940 [preoccupied] | subalpina B. Petrov, 1943 [infrasubspecific] | barabensis (Heptner, 1948) [nomen novum] | hyperryphaeus (Heptner, 1948) [nomen novum] | karatshaicus (Heptner, 1948) [nomen novum] | cernjavskii B. Petrov, 1949 | martinoi B. Petrov, 1949 | stankovici B. Petrov, 1949 | pallasii Ognev, 1950 | gracilis F. Heller, 1955 | euskaldunensis J. M. Rey, 1976 [unpublished thesis] | dominici Rădulescu & P. Samson, 1977 | alabugensis Maleyeva & Yel'kin, 1986 | hunasensis Carls, 1986 | malkovi Maleyeva & Yel'kin, 1986 | pallasi Pavlinov & Rossolimo, 1987 [incorrect subsequent spelling] | cantabriae J. Ventura & Gosálbez, 1989 | gutsulius Zagorodnyuk, 2001 [nomen nudum] | kusnetzovi Borisenko, Vasil'yeva, Verigina, Dunayev, Kalyakin, Koblik, Kruskop, Orlova, Pavlinov, Red'kin, Sazonov, Spasskaya, & Tomkovich, 2001 [incorrect subsequent spelling] | jenissijensis Musser & Carleton, 2005 [incorrect subsequent spelling | not used as valid] | sherman Gippoliti, 2013 [incorrect subsequent spelling] | ater (Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022) [incorrect subsequent spelling | not used as valid]
Other common names: European Water Vole|Water Vole
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Cricetidae -- Subfamily: Arvicolinae -- Tribe: Arvicolini
Type locality: England.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): United Kingdom (GBR) | Portugal (PRT) | Spain (ESP) | France (FRA) | Switzerland (CHE) | Belgium (BEL) | Netherlands (NLD) | Germany (DEU) | Denmark (DNK) | Luxembourg (LUX) | Liechtenstein (LIE) | Italy (ITA) | Austria (AUT) | Slovenia (SVN) | Croatia (HRV) | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | Montenegro (MNE) | Serbia (SRB) | Kosovo | Albania (ALB) | North Macedonia (MKD) | Greece (GRC) | Bulgaria (BGR) | Romania (ROU) | Hungary (HUN) | Slovakia (SVK) | Czech Republic (CZE) | Poland (POL) | Moldova (MDA) | Ukraine (UKR) | Belarus (BLR) | Lithuania (LTU) | Latvia (LVA) | Estonia (EST) | Norway (NOR) | Sweden (SWE) | Finland (FIN) | Russia (RUS) | Georgia (GEO) | Azerbaijan (AZE) | Turkey (TUR) | Iran (IRN) | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | China (CHN) | Mongolia (MNG)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: previously included A. italicus and A. persicus; monticola (also known as sherman and terrestris) is often considered a distinct species but recent molecular and morphological data support it as a subspecies/synonym of A. amphibius
Citation: Gippoliti, S. (2012). The name of the Italian water vole Arvicola cf. amphibius (Linnaeus, 1758). Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 23(2), 88-90.|Kryštufek, B., Koren, T., Engelberger, S., Horváth, G. F., Purger, J. J., Arslan, A., ... & Murariu, D. (2015). Fossorial morphotype does not make a species in water voles. Mammalia, 79(3), 293-303.|Mahmoudi, A., Maul, L. C., Khoshyar, M., Darvish, J., Aliabadian, M., & Kryštufek, B. (2020). Evolutionary history of water voles revisited: Confronting a new phylogenetic model from molecular data with the fossil record. Mammalia, 84(2), 171-184.|Chevret, P., Renaud, S., Helvaci, Z., Ulrich, R. G., Quéré, J. P., & Michaux, J. R. (2020). Genetic structure, ecological versatility, and skull shape differentiation in Arvicola water voles (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 00, 1-12.
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