ADW: Microtus: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Synapsida (synapsids)
        
        Class Mammalia (mammals)
        
        Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
        
        Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
        
        Order Rodentia (rodents)
        
        Suborder Myomorpha (mice, rats, gerbils, jerboas, and relatives)
        
        Superfamily Muroidea (mice, rats, gerbils, and relatives)
        
        Family Cricetidae (New World rats and mice, voles, hamsters, and relatives)
        
        Subfamily Arvicolinae (lemmings and voles)
        
        Genus Microtus (meadow voles)
        
        Species Microtus abbreviatus (insular vole)
        
        Species Microtus agrestis (field vole)
        
        Species Microtus anatolicus (Anatolian vole)
        
        Species Microtus arvalis (common vole)
        
        Species Microtus bavaricus (Bavarian pine vole)
        
        Species Microtus brachycercus (Calabria pine vole)
        
        Species Microtus breweri (beach vole)
        
        Species Microtus cabrerae (Cabrera's vole)
        
        Species Microtus californicus (California vole)
        
        Species Microtus canicaudus (gray-tailed vole)
        
        Species Microtus chrotorrhinus (rock vole)
        
        Species Microtus clarkei (Clarke's vole)
        
        Species Microtus daghestanicus (Daghestan pine vole)
        
        Species Microtus dogramacii (Dogramaci's vole)
        
        Species Microtus duodecimcostatus (Mediterranean pine vole)
        
        Species Microtus evoronensis (Evorsk vole)
        
        Species Microtus felteni (Felten's vole)
        
        Species Microtus fortis (reed vole)
        
        Species Microtus gerbei (Gerbe's vole)
        
        Species Microtus gregalis (narrow-headed vole)
        
        Species Microtus guatemalensis (Guatemalan vole)
        
        Species Microtus guentheri (Gunther's vole)
        
        Species Microtus ilaeus (Kazakhstan vole)
        
        Species Microtus irani (Persian vole)
        
        Species Microtus kikuchii (Taiwan vole)
        
        Species Microtus levis (East European vole)
        
        Species Microtus liechtensteini (Liechtenstein's pine vole)
        
        Species Microtus limnophilus (lacustrine vole)
        
        Species Microtus longicaudus (long-tailed vole)
        
        Species Microtus lusitanicus (Lusitanian pine vole)
        
        Species Microtus majori (Major's pine vole)
        
        Species Microtus maximowiczii (Maximowicz's vole)
        
        Species Microtus mexicanus (Mexican vole)
        
        Species Microtus middendorffii (Middendorf's vole)
        
        Species Microtus miurus (singing vole)
        
        Species Microtus mongolicus (Mongolian vole)
        
        Species Microtus montanus (montane vole)
        
        Species Microtus montebelli (Japanese grass vole)
        
        Species Microtus mujanensis (Muisk vole)
        
        Species Microtus multiplex (alpine pine vole)
        
        Species Microtus oaxacensis (Tarabundi vole)
        
        Species Microtus ochrogaster (prairie vole)
        
        Species Microtus oeconomus (tundra vole)
        
        Species Microtus oregoni (creeping vole)
        
        Species Microtus paradoxus (paradox vole)
        
        Species Microtus pennsylvanicus (meadow vole)
        
        Species Microtus pinetorum (woodland vole)
        
        Species Microtus qazvinensis (Qazvin vole)
        
        Species Microtus quasiater (Jalapan pine vole)
        
        Species Microtus richardsoni (water vole)
        
        Species Microtus sachalinensis (Sakhalin Island vole)
        
        Species Microtus savii (Savi's pine vole)
        
        Species Microtus schelkovnikovi (Schelkovnikov's pine vole)
        
        Species Microtus schidlovskii (Schidlovsky's vole)
        
        Species Microtus socialis (social vole)
        
        Species Microtus subterraneus (European pine vole)
        
        Species Microtus tatricus (Tatra pine vole)
        
        Species Microtus thomasi (Thomas's pine vole)
        
        Species Microtus townsendii (Townsend's vole)
        
        Species Microtus transcaspicus (Baluchistan vole)
        
        Species Microtus umbrosus (Zempoaltepec vole)
        
        Species Microtus xanthognathus (taiga vole)

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To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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