Myodini (Asian voles) is the sixth Tribe from Arvicolinae. It contains about 36 species in five genera:
Alticola, Caryomys, Eothenomys, Hyperacrius, Myodes.
Five species from two genera are depicted here:
Alticola, Myodes.
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Alticola
Twelve species, one of which is represented in the Zoochat galleries.
There are three subgenera:
Platycranius (for
A. strelzowi);
Aschizomys (for
A. lemminus, A. macrotis, A. olchonensis); and
Alticola (for the other eight species). The taxonomy of the genus has always been the matter of debate, with the subgenus
Alticola ranging anywhere from one lumped species (
A. roylei) to the eight recognised here.
Gobi Altai Mountain Vole Alticola barakshin
Monotypic?
Photo by
@baboon in the wild, Mongolia
Gobi Altai mountain vole - ZooChat
The remaining species in the genus
Alticola are below:
White-tailed Mountain Vole
Alticola albicauda
Silver Mountain Vole
Alticola argentatus
Lemming Vole
Alticola lemminus
Large-eared Vole
Alticola macrotis
Central Kashmir Vole
Alticola montosa
Lake Baikal Mountain Vole
Alticola olchonensis
Royle's Mountain Vole
Alticola roylei
Mongolian Silver Vole
Alticola semicanus
Stolička's Mountain Vole
Alticola stoliczkanus
Flat-headed Vole
Alticola strelzowi
Tuva Silver Vole
Alticola tuvinicus
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Caryomys
Two species, neither of are represented in the Zoochat galleries.
Ganzu Vole
Caryomys eva
Kolan Vole
Caryomys inez
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Eothenomys
Eight species, none of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries.
Kachin Red-backed Vole
Eothenomys cachinus
Pratt's Vole
Eothenomys chinensis
Southwest China Vole
Eothenomys custos
Père David's Vole
Eothenomys melanogaster
Yunnan Red-backed Vole
Eothenomys miletus
Chaotung Vole
Eothenomys olitor
Yulungshan Vole
Eothenomys proditor
Ward's Red-backed Vole
Eothenomys wardi
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Hyperacrius
Two species, neither of are represented in the Zoochat galleries.
True's Vole
Hyperacrius fertilis
Murree Vole
Hyperacrius wynnei
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Myodes
Twelve species, four of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries.
Southern Red-back Vole Myodes gapperi
As many as 29 subspecies have been described, but as always seems to be the case amongst the Myomorpha rodents, there is a lot of confliction and confusion around the forms. This may also be a species-complex.
Photo by
@Giant Eland in the wild, Maine (USA) (subspecies
ochraceous - synonymised with the subspecies
gapperi by other authors)
southern red-backed vole or Gapper's red-backed vole (Myodes gapperi) - ZooChat
Bank Vole Myodes glareolus
Over twenty subspecies have been named but with much dispute about validity.
Photo by
@LaughingDove in the wild, Germany (subspecies
glareolus)
Bank Vole - ZooChat
Photo by
@HOMIN96 at Plzen Zoo (Czech Republic)
Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) - ZooChat
Northern Red-backed Vole Myodes rutilus
Up to fourteen subspecies have been described but there seems to be little agreement on how they should be treated.
Photo by
@Pleistohorse in the wild, Alaska (wild) (subspecies
dawsoni which is the main Alaskan form)
Northern Red-backed Vole - Denali National Park-Alaska - ZooChat
Smith's Red-backed Vole Myodes smithii
Subspecies:
kageus and
okiensis may be recognised.
Photo by
@Giant Eland at Tama Zoo (Japan)
Smith's red backed vole (Myodes smithii) - ZooChat
The remaining eight species in the genus
Myodes are below:
Anderson's Red-backed Vole
Myodes andersoni
Western Red-backed Vole
Myodes californicus
Tien Shan Red-backed Vole
Myodes centralis
Imaizumi's Red-backed Vole
Myodes imaizumii
Korean Red-backed Vole
Myodes regulus
Hokkaido Red-backed Vole
Myodes rex
Grey Red-backed Vole
Myodes rufocanus
Shansei Vole
Myodes shanseius