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<emphasis id="AD2FADB39F237626BD656912F83654E0" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Volemys</emphasis>
Zagorodnyuk 1990
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<emphasis id="1A0BCDE770CADE827B710571DBE2E1F7" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Volemys</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="CE5009EEC90CB8BE8BF09BB5AE1FBCE6" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1038">Type Species:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="9DE322D0EF09C24C25D2AC700190B57B" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Microtus musseri</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="AA44DDB7021A373E5BE1730BD437E226" author="Lawrence, M. A." refId="ref207219" refString="Lawrence, M. A. 1982. Western Chinese arvicolines (Rodentia) collected by the Sage Expedition. American Museum Novitates, 2745: 1 - 19." year="1982">Lawrence 1982</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="148A3AE69651F153D82D9FBF4B1EB90B" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1038">Species and subspecies:</emphasis>
2 species:
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Species
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<emphasis id="9FAC9E7DF080105F136B45EBE7CC42E7" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Volemys millicens</emphasis>
(Thomas 1911)
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Species
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<emphasis id="C7659799AB4D5ABA46CBCE8BA6F5F7BB" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Volemys musseri</emphasis>
(
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)
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<emphasis id="579FA79AF9B10E7B963868EA39674785" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1038">Discussion:</emphasis>
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Arvicolini.
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<emphasis id="50743791082E604A6F5EF01F2E31B6DA" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Volemys</emphasis>
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circumscribes two species restricted to the alpine-subalpine zone in S
<collectingCountry id="BBC2BBAE4191C05D1B264383395A3ADE" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
that may be part of an older fauna (
<bibRefCitation id="D11A1D125C186D9763E9BD83A4DEA079" author="Lawrence, M. A." refId="ref207219" refString="Lawrence, M. A. 1982. Western Chinese arvicolines (Rodentia) collected by the Sage Expedition. American Museum Novitates, 2745: 1 - 19." year="1982">Lawrence, 1982</bibRefCitation>
). Both have traditionally been placed in
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<emphasis id="A34A17A5B33C4F3A2D245DC8B4042F10" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Microtus</emphasis>
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, although their phylogenetic relationships were regarded as obscure or equivocal (G. M. Allen, 1940;
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).
<bibRefCitation id="2D36CCECD5E6FE559CCC601F8F7F8508" author="Corbet, G. B. &amp; J. E. Hill" refId="ref67955" refString="Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1992. Mammals of the Indomalayan region. A systematic review. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 488 pp." year="1992">Corbet and Hill (1992)</bibRefCitation>
did not recognize
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<emphasis id="C1C11A48CF5DD180E75E95CC45E913D8" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Volemys</emphasis>
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, and
<bibRefCitation id="2FE2C77FC3E8D7E04A86507900F1EAB5" author="Pavlinov, I. Ya &amp; E. L. Yakhontov &amp; A. K. Agadzhanyan" refId="ref278176" refString="Pavlinov, I. Ya, E. L. Yakhontov, and A. K. Agadzhanyan. 1995 a. [Mammals of Eurasia. I. Rodentia. Taxonomic and geographic guide.] Archives of the Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, 32: 289 pp. (in Russian)." year="1995">
Pavlinov et al. (1995
<emphasis id="D09869263B0C07C3770761F13ED6E12C" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">a</emphasis>
)
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arranged it as a subgenus of
<taxonomicName id="5911AD45A855EF1FB43DECCA99F186D7" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="9130C9C6DA1A6395178E2CFECDDED07A" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Microtus</emphasis>
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. In his generic description,
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added two other species: Taiwanese
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<emphasis id="0BD5F26B97D75C1E07F755D1FD26A102" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">kikuchii</emphasis>
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and
<taxonomicName id="21684FB0090B20A995450636AC78862C" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1923" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Volemys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="clarkei">
<emphasis id="3072EE9D6521C975B33C9A3E9DEC2358" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">clarkei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the mountains of
<collectingRegion id="BED6C29393EC27A877FF866D2049D762" country="China" name="Yunnan">Yunnan</collectingRegion>
, N
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, and SE Tibet. Phylogenetic analysis of cytochrome
<emphasis id="3A64D976CE4B51E72396D88751AA2CE3" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">b</emphasis>
sequences demonstrated that
<taxonomicName id="629D3FE05F6E0DD53906C082A064C1A1" authorityName="Kuroda" authorityYear="1920" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikuchii">
<emphasis id="E4250F269EE6C18F88B5B575268E996C" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">kikuchii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is sister-species of
<taxonomicName id="F8A374E97827A8E5E0558FEAC9D8CA2A" authority="(Conroy and Cook, 2000 a)" baseAuthorityName="Conroy and Cook" baseAuthorityYear="2000" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oeconomus">
<emphasis id="7FE8FA52EBEBFA17E4FBAC5A03CEEA23" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">M. oeconomus</emphasis>
(
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Conroy and Cook, 2000
<emphasis id="DA85CD3AC6CA65858A4EAD88709BE2A9" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">a</emphasis>
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)
</taxonomicName>
, within a clade embracing
<taxonomicName id="F2C227EA4F27166F813D6A0C89851CF7" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1872" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montebelli">
<emphasis id="6630C9D9CE5B7C57EB15B70A16A83DFD" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">M. montebelli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="81B163C6BBA02D386439574DD2A74179" authorityName="Poljakov" authorityYear="1881" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="middendorffii">
<emphasis id="8ADF3753CCBCFC6C686AC2A1BFA3366A" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">M. middendorffii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="7D3A8523A44B29164C1663DF9FA9EB7D" baseAuthorityName="Conroy and Cook" baseAuthorityYear="2000" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fortis">
<emphasis id="226EC6799391E368329EFB56730124C8" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">M. fortis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, all members of
<taxonomicName id="BECED0EB9767488403AE8902279D315C" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="16C7F22C52391C9D05916C2DC7F4ECB3" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Microtus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, subgenus
<taxonomicName id="196A3758E0FDC7F649184588096A0404" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Alexandromys">
<emphasis id="D0B1DBE8B3E517A3868840B7758B4486" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Alexandromys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see account of
<taxonomicName id="14AB55F6EE9F886145E84AF1FFA2EB61" authorityName="Kuroda" authorityYear="1920" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kikuchii">
<emphasis id="A60F3FCC2DAE2A224D7A3F99A9392943" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">M. kikuchii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). In reassessing the characteristics of
<taxonomicName id="351F12AE7BCE599BC5AF719FE07A3060" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1923" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Volemys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="clarkei">
<emphasis id="BE9F5ECE070BB48A2FF75E4EB23EF7BA" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">clarkei</emphasis>
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(see that account), we find that it too is morphologically unlike
<taxonomicName id="A931E3703D2F04878EE7F8BD5773B50D" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Volemys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="millescens">
<emphasis id="F68D290DD1487EAB382E2CAF1ECCB581" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">V. millescens</emphasis>
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and
<taxonomicName id="CCEB5DC9C1C23E48DFAB4E980DA75087" baseAuthorityName="Lawrence" baseAuthorityYear="1982" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Volemys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="musseri">
<emphasis id="1E76856134EBA66ECEB65E067DCC0DA7" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">V. musseri</emphasis>
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and instead resembles
<taxonomicName id="4E9400267345BEB854E0C4E8D0695250" baseAuthorityName="Conroy and Cook" baseAuthorityYear="2000" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fortis">
<emphasis id="98974E943618C8240218E4BD969F6634" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">M. fortis</emphasis>
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, another species in the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="7733D13D460C3A9C5A8FF0A29B376B99" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Alexandromys">
<emphasis id="BB5281F95363BD2A833AECEC0E473CCD" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Alexandromys</emphasis>
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="914C26382CAC6AD6E230815C1FD0AA18" pageNumber="1038">
Although
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formally proposed
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<emphasis id="87B6A491B1E8A0EED31DCDB643E384C6" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Volemys</emphasis>
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, its diagnostic traits had been previewed by
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, who concluded that
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<emphasis id="5B9FA9E433FFF41DC713BFFC61DF1E41" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">musseri</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="1F542844140FD623F12942856ADFFC79" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">millescens</emphasis>
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do not morphologically fit with other species-groups of
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<emphasis id="8124BCEA37D4EAB8E43467170D884552" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Microtus</emphasis>
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. Those traits are long tail relative to head and body; smooth and flattened cranium; slim dentary with a low ramus; inflated auditory bullae; M1-2 with a large posterolingual triangle confluent with the opposite labial triangle and forming an inverted chevron-shaped lamina (in
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<emphasis id="952391BBDBF6BD6051DFA2D5878EC998" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">V. musseri</emphasis>
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; the configuration characterizes only the M
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<emphasis id="43A6CCCCD77689A51804AA20783FBE8E" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">V. millescens</emphasis>
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); m1 with only four closed triangles anterior to the posterior lamina, the anterior triangles confluent and with the large anteroconid cap; anterior lamina of each m2 is chevron-shaped and formed by confluent lingual and labial triangles.
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<emphasis id="26B1C38BE594BC74B58692A4FD8C3E79" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Volemys millescens</emphasis>
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is smaller than
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<emphasis id="1079727415D13297741EA123535799B6" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">V. musseri</emphasis>
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and differs in pelage coloration, but is similar in molar patterns except for the lack of an M1 posterolingual triangle. Their dental patterns are unique among species of
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<emphasis id="ADBC2D8A13ECFD8510BB8FCCA30E5B40" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Microtus</emphasis>
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, and in combination with the distinctive cranial and mandibular conformations and external proportions, isolate
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<emphasis id="B69718E59400A50070822918AFC3A4BD" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">millicens</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="E90EBC1CD1247140FC87CA91915B2F61" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">musseri</emphasis>
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from any other species-group of
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<emphasis id="987EEE5EB73046A592C5C1EDBF81D054" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Microtus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or any other genus of Arvicolini.
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Species of
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<emphasis id="52D5A4F35AF00AD692543F4105AC0845" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Volemys</emphasis>
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, along with
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<emphasis id="90F8AAAB31461EC3FD433FDFD3A11B38" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Neodon irene</emphasis>
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and certain
<taxonomicName id="771FDDDE9E52FC3D9351AF8C5A1C1E4D" baseAuthorityName="Kaneko" baseAuthorityYear="1994" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Eothenomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="90CEC796F0E2C52F42AC60D4E6281CA1" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Eothenomys</emphasis>
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, are the only voles recorded from the high mountains of W
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,
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, where no species of true
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<emphasis id="FDDCDF18E9721D63C85EF4DE69B6D463" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Microtus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been found.
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<emphasis id="0753A8972ECEF4EFCCA4A7AFC5FE98CB" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">Microtus fortis</emphasis>
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does occur in SE
<collectingRegion id="98A6A74675F33583C9EA91A63BFA7A00" country="China" name="Sichuan">Sichuan</collectingRegion>
but inhabits river valleys at low altitudes, and
<taxonomicName id="2B54A594BA779D98770ECF938BA5655F" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1923" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Volemys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="clarkei">
<emphasis id="A435CF378F71024E352B6BF229BCBD16" italics="true" pageNumber="1038">M. clarkei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is known only from above
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3400
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W
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and N
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(see those accounts)
</paragraph>
.
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