# Microtus
## Translingual
### Etymology

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### Proper noun

Microtus m
* A taxonomic genus within the family Cricetidae – some voles of the Northern Hemisphere.

#### Hypernyms

* (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Myomorpha - suborder; Muroidea - superfamily; Cricetidae - family; Arvicolinae - subfamily

#### Hyponyms

* (genus): Microtus arvalis (common vole) - type species; Microtus abbreviatus (insular vole), Microtus agrestis (field vole), Microtus anatolicus (Anatolian vole), Microtus bavaricus (Bavarian pine vole), Microtus brachycercus (Calabria pine vole), Microtus breweri (beach vole), Microtus cabrerae (Cabrera's vole), Microtus californicus (California vole), Microtus canicaudus (gray-tailed vole), Microtus chrotorrhinus (rock vole), Microtus clarkei (Clarke's vole), Microtus daghestanicus (Daghestan pine vole), Microtus dogramacii (Doğramaci's vole), Microtus duodecimcostatus (Mediterranean pine vole), Microtus evoronensis (Evorsk vole), Microtus felteni (Felten's vole), Microtus fortis (reed vole), Microtus gerbei (Gerbe's vole), Microtus gregalis (narrow-headed vole), Microtus guatemalensis (Guatemalan vole), Microtus guentheri (Günther's vole), Microtus hyperboreus (= M. middendorffi), Microtus ilaeus (Tien Shan vole), Microtus irani (Persian vole), Microtus irene (Chinese scrub vole; = Neodon irene), Microtus juldaschi (juniper vole; = Neodon juldaschi), Microtus kermanensis (= M. transcaspicus), Microtus kikuchii (Taiwan vole), Microtus kirgisorum (= M. ilaeus), Microtus leucurus (Blyth's vole; = Phaiomys leucurus), Microtus levis (southern vole), Microtus liechtensteini (Liechtenstein's pine vole), Microtus limnophilus (lacustrine vole), Microtus longicaudus (long-tailed vole), Microtus lusitanicus (Lusitanian pine vole), Microtus majori (Major's pine vole), Microtus maximowiczii (Maximowicz's vole), Microtus mexicanus (Mexican vole), Microtus middendorffi (Middendorf's vole), Microtus miurus (singing vole), Microtus mogollonensis (= M. mexicanus), Microtus mongolicus (Mongolian vole), Microtus montanus (montane vole), Microtus montebelli (Japanese grass vole), Microtus mujanensis (Muisk vole), Microtus multiplex (alpine pine vole), Microtus nasarovi (= M. daghestanicus), Microtus oaxacensis (Tarabundí vole), Microtus obscurus (= M. arvalis), Microtus ochrogaster (prairie vole), Microtus oeconomus (tundra vole or root vole), Microtus oregoni (creeping vole), Microtus paradoxus (paradox vole), Microtus pennsylvanicus (meadow vole), Microtus pinetorum (woodland vole), Microtus qazvinensis (Qazvin vole), Microtus quasiater (Jalapan pine vole), Microtus richardsoni (water vole), Microtus rossiaemeridionalis (= M. levis), Microtus sachalinensis (Sakhalin vole), Microtus savii (Savi's pine vole), Microtus schelkovnikovi (Schelkovnikov's pine vole), Microtus schidlovskii (Schidlovsky's vole), Microtus sikimensis (Sikkim mountain vole; = Neodon sikimensis), Microtus socialis (social vole), Microtus subterraneus (European pine vole), Microtus tatricus (Tatra pine vole), Microtus thomasi (Thomas's pine vole), Microtus townsendii (Townsend's vole), Microtus transcaspicus (Transcaspian vole), Microtus umbrosus (Zempoaltépec vole), Microtus xanthognathus (taiga vole) (species)

### References

* Microtus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Microtus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Microtus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Microtus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
* Microtus in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
* Microtus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
* Microtus at Paleobiology Database