Fossorial morphotype does not make a species in water voles Author Kryštufek, Boris Author Koren, Toni Author Engelberger, Simon Author Horváth, Győző F. Author Purger, Jenő J. Author Arslan, Atilla Author Chişamera, Gabriel Author Murariu, Dumitru text Mammalia 2015 Warsaw, Poland 2015-01-01 79 3 293 303 https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2014-0059 journal article 10.1515/mammalia-2014-0059 1864-1547 Arvicola terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) Type locality: Upsala , Sweden . Notes: Moderately large aquatic voles with a skull showing “a decided tendency to assume a fossorial structure.” “[H] abits both aquatic and mole-like” ( Miller 1912 ). Priority of terrestris over amphibius was accepted by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) , Ognev (1964) , and numerous subsequent authors.