page_title: Arvicolinae
section_title: Classification
hierarchical_section_title: Arvicolinae / Classification
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context_page_description: The Arvicolinae are a subfamily of rodents that includes the voles, lemmings, and muskrats. They are most closely related to the other subfamilies in the Cricetidae. Some authorities place the subfamily Arvicolinae in the family Muridae along with all other members of the superfamily Muroidea. Some refer to the subfamily as the Microtinae or rank the taxon as a full family, the Arvicolidae.
  The Arvicolinae are the most populous group of Rodentia in the Northern Hemisphere. They often are found in fossil occlusions of bones cached by past predators such as owls and other birds of prey. Fossils of this group are often used for biostratigraphic dating of archeological sites in North America and Europe.
context_section_description: Subfamily Arvicolinae - voles, lemmings, muskrats
  The subfamily Arvicolinae contains ten tribes, seven of which are classified as voles, one as lemmings, and two as muskrats.
  Tribe Arvicolini
  Genus Arvicola - water voles
  European (or Northern) water vole, A. amphibius (A. terrestris)
  Southwestern (or southern) water vole, A. sapidus
  Montane water vole, A. scherman
  Genus Blanfordimys
  Afghan vole, B. afghanus
  Bucharian vole, B. bucharicus
  Genus Chionomys - snow voles
  Caucasian snow vole, C. gud
  European snow vole, C. nivalis
  Robert's snow vole, C. roberti
  Genus Lasiopodomys
  Brandt's vole, L. brandtii
  Plateau vole, L. fuscus
  Mandarin vole, L. mandarinus
  Genus Lemmiscus
  Sagebrush vole, L. curtatus
  Genus Microtus - voles
  Insular vole, M. abbreviatus
  California vole, M. californicus
  Rock vole, M. chrotorrhinus
  Long-tailed vole, M. longicaudus
  Mexican vole, M. mexicanus
  Singing vole, M. miurus
  North American water vole, M.  richardsoni
  Zempoaltépec vole, M. umbrosus
  Taiga vole, M. xanthognathus
  Subgenus Microtus
  Field vole, M. agrestis
  Anatolian vole, M. anatolicus
  Common vole, M. arvalis
  Cabrera's vole, M. cabrerae
  Doğramaci's vole, M. dogramacii
  Günther's vole, M. guentheri
  Tien Shan vole, M. ilaeus
  Persian vole, M. irani
  Southern vole, M. levis
  Paradox vole, M. paradoxus
  Qazvin vole, M. qazvinensis
  Schidlovsky's vole, M. schidlovskii
  Social vole, M. socialis
  European pine vole, M. subterraneus
  Transcaspian vole, M. transcaspicus
  Subgenus Terricola
  Bavarian pine vole, M. bavaricus
  Calabria pine vole, M. brachycercus
  Daghestan pine vole, M. daghestanicus
  Mediterranean pine vole, M. duodecimcostatus
  Felten's vole, M. felteni
  Liechtenstein's pine vole, M. liechtensteini
  Lusitanian pine vole, M. lusitanicus
  Major's pine vole, M. majori
  Alpine pine vole, M. multiplex
  Savi's pine vole, M. savii
  Tatra pine vole, M. tatricus
  Thomas's pine vole, M. thomasi
  Subgenus Mynomes
  Beach vole, M. breweri
  Gray-tailed vole, M. canicaudus
  Montane vole, M.  montanus
  Creeping vole, M. oregoni
  Meadow vole, M. pennsylvanicus
  Townsend's vole, M. townsendii
  Subgenus Alexandromys
  Clarke's vole, M.  clarkei
  Evorsk vole, M. evoronensis
  Reed vole, M. fortis
  Gerbe's vole, M. gerbei
  Taiwan vole, M. kikuchii
  Lacustrine vole, M. limnophilus
  Maximowicz's vole, M.  maximowiczii
  Middendorf's vole, M. middendorffi
  Mongolian vole, M. mongolicus
  Japanese grass vole, M. montebelli
  Muisk vole, Microtus mujanensis
  Tundra vole (root vole), M. oeconomus
  Sakhalin vole, M. sachalinensis
  Subgenus Stenocranius
  Narrow-headed vole, M. gregalis
  Subgenus Pitymys
  Guatemalan vole, M. guatemalensis
  Tarabundí vole, M. oaxacensis
  Woodland vole, M. pinetorum
  Jalapan pine vole, M. quasiater
  Subgenus Pedomys
  Prairie vole, M. ochrogaster
  Subgenus Hyrcanicola
  Schelkovnikov's pine vole, M. schelkovnikovi
  Genus Neodon - mountain voles
  Juniper vole, N. juldaschi
  Chinese scrub vole, N.  irene
  Sikkim mountain vole, N. sikimensis
  Forrest's mountain vole, N. forresti
  Neodon linzhiensis
  Genus Phaiomys
  Blyth's vole, P. leucurus
  Genus Proedromys
  Duke of Bedford's vole, P. bedfordi
  Proedromys liangshanensis
  Genus Volemys
  Szechuan vole, V. millicens
  Marie's vole, V. musseri
  Tribe Dicrostonychini - collared lemmings
  Genus Dicrostonyx
  Northern collared lemming, D. groenlandicus
  Nelson's collared lemming,  D. nelsoni
  Ungava collared lemming, D.  hudsonius
  Ogilvie Mountains collared lemming, D. nunatakensis
  Richardson's collared lemming, D. richardsoni
  Arctic lemming, D. torquatus
  Unalaska collared lemming, D. unalascensis
  Wrangel lemming, D. vinogradovi
  Tribe Ellobiusini - mole voles
  Genus Ellobius - mole voles
  Alai mole vole, E. alaicus
  Southern mole vole, E. fuscocapillus
  Transcaucasian mole vole, E. lutescens
  Northern mole vole, E. talpinus
  Zaisan mole vole, E. tancrei
  Tribe Lagurini
  Genus Eolagurus
  Yellow steppe lemming, E. luteus
  Przewalski's steppe lemming, E.  przewalskii
  Genus Lagurus
  Steppe lemming, L. lagurus
  Tribe Lemmini
  Genus Lemmus - true lemmings
  Amur lemming, L. amurensis
  Norway lemming, L. lemmus
  Siberian brown lemming, L. sibiricus
  North American brown lemming, L. trimucronatus
  Wrangel
caption: Skull of a bank vole: Note the distinctive molar pattern characteristic of arvicolines.
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