Eolagurus Argyropulo 1946

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 976

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Eolagurus Argyropulo 1946 View in CoL

Eolagurus Argyropulo 1946 View in CoL , Vestn. Akad. Nauk Kazakh. SSR, 8-Jul: 44.

Type Species: Georychus luteus Eversmann 1840

Species and subspecies: 2 species:

Species Eolagurus luteus (Eversmann 1840)

Species Eolagurus przewalskii (Büchner 1889)

Discussion: Lagurini (see account of Lagurus ). Also placed variously in subtribe Lagurina, Prometheomyini ( Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1998; Pavlinov et al., 1995 a), or in Arvicolini ( McKenna and Bell, 1997). Corbet (1978 c) viewed Eolagurus as part of Lagurus , but subsequent authorities have considered them separate genera ( Corbet and Hill, 1991; Gromov and Erbajeva, 1995; Gromov and Polyakov, 1977; Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1987, 1998; Pavlinov et al., 1995 a; Zagorodnyuk, 1990). Descent of Eolagurus from the early Pleistocene, its inferred derivation from a rooted Pliocene ancestor, and elaboration of the enamel schmelzmuster summarized by Koenigswald and Tesakov (1997).

Taxonomic confusion surrounding origin and application of the generic name discussed by Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987). Pavlinov (2002, in litt.) explained that Argyropulo (1946) based the genus on luteus and przewalskii but did not explicitly designate a type species; justification for regarding luteus as the type species is Argyropulo’s passing comment that przewalskii might be a geographical race of luteus , suggesting its fixation by original monotypy. Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987) pointed out that the first unambiguous validation of Eolagurus may originate from Corbet’s (1978 c:116) statement that it was intended as a subgenus for luteus .

References

Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.

Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1991. A world list of mammalian species. Third ed. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 243 pp.

Gromov, I. M., and I. Ya. Polyakov. 1977. Fauna SSSR, Mlekopitayushchie, tom 3, vyp. 8 [Fauna of the USSR, vol. 3, pt. 8, Mammals]. Polevki [Voles (Microtinae)]. Nauka, Moscow-Leningrad, 504 pp. (in Russian).

Gromov, I. M., and M. A. Erbajeva. 1995. [The mammals of Russia and adjacent territories. Lagomorphs and Rodents.] Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institut, St. Petersburg, 520 pp.

Koenigswald, W. von, and A. Tesakov. 1997. The evolution of the schmelzmuster in Lagurini (Arvicolinae, Rodentia). Palaeontographica. Abteilung A, Palaozoologie-Stratigraphie, 245 (1 - 6): 45 - 61.

McKenna, M. C., and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of mammals above the species level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.

Pavlinov, I. Ya., and O. L. Rossolimo. 1987. Sistematika mlekopitayushchikh SSSR [Systematics of the mammals of the USSR.]. Moscow University Press, Moscow, 282 pp. (in Russian).

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).

Pavlinov, I. Ya., and O. L. Rossolimo. 1998. [Systematics of mammals of the USSR. Addenda. M.] Archives of the Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, 38: 190 pp. (in Russian).

Zagorodnyuk, I. V. 1990. Kariotipicheskaya izmenchivost' i sistematika serykh polevok (Rodentia, Arvicolini). Soobshchenie 1. Vidovoi sostav i khromosomnye chisla [Karyotypic variability and systematics of the gray voles (Rodentia, Arvicolini). Communication 1. Species composition and chromosomal numbers]. Vestnik Zoologii, 2: 26 - 37 (in Russian).