MSW Scientific Names

Subfamily Arvicolinae



• Author........ : Gray, 1821.
  
• Citation...... : London Med. Repos., 15:303.
  
  
  
• Comments...... : See Kretzoi (1962ref, 1969ref) for use of Arvicolinae Gray, 1821, instead of Microtinae Miller, 1896; a group concept of arvicoline rodents actually had emerged long prior to Miller's (1896ref) seminal monograph (e.g., Murray, 1866ref; Als ...[more]...