| Flat-headed vole | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Alticola |
| Species: | A. strelzowi |
| Binomial name | |
| Alticola strelzowi (Kastchenko, 1899) | |
The flat-headed vole (Alticola strelzowi), also called the flat-headed mountain vole or Strelzov's mountain vole, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russian Federation.
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 white-tailed mountain vole is a species of vole in the family Cricetidae. It is found in India and Pakistan.
Alticola is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
The silver mountain vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. They are distinguished by their silver-grey pelage, long vibrissae, rootless hypsodont molars and angular skull shape. Like many mammals of the Eurasian Steppe eco-region, they are well adapted to life in high altitudes, and can be found in mountain areas of Central Asia from Saur Mountains in the north-east to Kugitang Range in the west, and to Tibet and the Himalayas in the south.
The Gobi Altai mountain vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It can be found in China, Mongolia, and the Russian Federation.
The lemming vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in the Russian Federation.
The large-eared vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Mongolia and the Russian Federation.
Royle's mountain vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Nepal, Pakistan and India.
The Mongolian silver vole, also called the Mongolian mountain vole, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found mostly in Mongolia and small parts of southern Russia and northeastern China.
Stolička's or Stoliczka's mountain vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Pakistan, India and Nepal.
The Tuva silver vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Mongolia and Russian Federation.
The Ganzu vole, Eva's red-backed vole, Eva's vole, Gansu vole, or Taozhou vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in mountain forests in China. The IUCN has assessed it as being of "least concern".
The Chinese scrub vole, or Irene's mountain vole, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to mountainous parts of southern China and is very similar to the Sikkim mountain vole in appearance. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".
The Sikkim mountain vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Bhutan, India, Nepal and China.
The Clethrionomyini are a tribe of forest voles in the subfamily Arvicolinae. This tribe was formerly known as Myodini, but when genus Myodes was deemed to be a junior synonym, the tribe was renamed. Species in this tribe are:
The Lake Baikal mountain vole or Olkhon mountain vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found principally on the Olkhon and Ogoi islands on Lake Baikal, in southern Siberia. It is also found in a small part of the bordering mainland Russia, on the Baikal coast of the Irkutsk Oblast. It was originally described as a subspecies of the silver mountain vole. Since then, it has been synonymized with A. roylei in 1978, A. tuvinicus, and A. macrotis before reinstating it as a species. It is likely a sister species to A. tuvinicus.
