Arvicolinae

Translingual

Arvicola sapidus

Etymology

From Arvicola +‎ -inae.

Proper noun

Arvicolinae

1. A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cricetidae – voles and lemmings.

Hypernyms

• (subfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Myomorpha - suborder; Muroidea - superfamily; Cricetidae - family

Hyponyms

• (subfamily): Arvicolini, Microtini, Dicrostonychini, Ellobiusini, Lagurini, Lemmini, Clethrionomyini, Ondatrini, Pliophenacomyini, Pliomyini, Prometheomyini – tribes
  • Arvicola (water voles) – type genus; Alticola (mountain voles), Arborimus (tree voles), Blanfordimys (now subgenus Microtus (Blanfordimys)), Chionomys (snow voles), Clethrionomys (red-backed voles, bank vole), Craseomys (syn. Phaulomys), Dicrostonyx (collared lemmings), Dinaromys (Balkan snow vole), Ellobius (mole voles), Eolagurus (steppe lemmings), Eothenomys (voles of east Asia), Hyperacrius (Kashmir voles), Lagurus (steppe lemming), Lasiopodomys (voles), Lemmiscus (sagebrush vole), Lemmus (lemmings), Microtus (voles), Myodes (red-backed voles), Myopus (wood lemming), Neodon (voles), Neofiber (Florida water rat), Ondatra (muskrat), Phenacomys (heather voles), Proedromys (Duke of Bedford's vole), Prometheomys (long-clawed mole vole), Synaptomys (bog lemmings), Volemys (voles) – selected other extant genera
  • †Altaiomys, †Stachomys – selected extinct genera

Further reading

• Arvicolinae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Arvicolinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Arvicolinae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons