Chionomys

Chionomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[1]

Chionomys
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene to Recent
European snow vole, (Chionomys nivalis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Tribe: Microtini
Genus: Chionomys
Miller, 1908
Type species
Arvicola nivalis
Species

Chionomys gud
Chionomys nivalis
Chionomys roberti

Taxonomy

Mammal Species of the World and the IUCN recognize the following 3 species:[1]

The American Society of Mammalogists additionally recognizes these two species:[2]

  • Lazistan snow vole (Chionomys lasistanius) split from C. gud[3]
  • Stekolnikov's snow vole (Chionomys stekolnikovi) recently described[4][5]

References
  1. Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Genus Chionomys". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 969–970. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2023). "Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.11) [Data set]". Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7830771.
  3. "Chionomys lasistanius". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
  4. "Chionomys stekolnikovi". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
  5. Golenishchev, F. N.; Malikov, V. G.; Bannikova, A. A.; Zykov, A. E.; Yiğit, N.; Çolak, E. (2022). "Diversity of snow voles of the "nivalis" group (Chionomys, Arvicolinae, Rodentia) in the eastern part of the range with a description of a new species". Russian Journal of Theriology. 21 (1): 1–12. doi:10.15298/rusjtheriol.21.1.01.


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