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Voles, Lemmings, and Muskrats
Arvicolinae
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 (comprising the hamsters and New World rats and mice). 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.
11 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 180 known species
Muskrats
tribeOndatrini
Microtine Voles
tribeMicrotini
Red-backed Voles and Allies
tribeClethrionomyini
Eurasian Water Voles
tribeArvicolini
Typical Lemmings
tribeLemmini
Molevoles
tribeEllobiusini
Collared Lemmings
tribeDicrostonychini
Tree and Heather Voles
tribePliophenacomyini
Steppe Lemmings
tribeLagurini
Long-clawed Molevoles
tribePrometheomyini
Pliomyine Voles
tribePliomyini
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 179534.