Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Volemys
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Volemys
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Volemys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Volemys
Volemys: Geographic Information
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Volemys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Arvicolini. Volemys circumscribes two species restricted to the alpine-subalpine zone in S China that may be part of an older fauna (Lawrence, 1982). Both have traditionally been placed in Microtus, although their phylogenetic relationships were regarded as obscure or equivocal (G. M. Allen, 1940; Zagorodnyuk, 1990). Corbet and Hill (1992) did not recognize Volemys, and Pavlinov et al. (1995a) arranged it as a subgenus of Microtus. In his generic description, Zagorodnyuk (1990) added two ot...