NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Mongolian Mountain Vole
Alticola (Alticola) semicanus (G. M. Allen, 1924)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Mongolian silver vole (Alticola semicanus), also called the Mongolian mountain vole, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
It is found mostly in Mongolia and small parts of southern Russia and northeastern China. In general, they are not crepuscular.
Wikipedia contributors, Mongolian silver vole; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:11:24.539841+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Alticola (Alticola) semicanus (G. M. Allen, 1924)
- Name authority
- (G. M. Allen, 1924)
- Common name
- Mongolian Mountain Vole
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Genus
- Alticola
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
- suborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855
- superfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811
- familyCricetidae Fischer, 1817
- subfamilyArvicolinae Gray, 1821
- genusAlticola Blanford, 1881
- subgenusAlticola Blanford, 1881
- speciesAlticola (Alticola) semicanus (G. M. Allen, 1924)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Alticola. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Royle's High Mountain VoleAlticola (Alticola) roylei (Gray, 1842) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lemming Mountain VoleAlticola (Aschizomys) lemminus (Miller, 1898) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Stoliczka's High Mountain VoleAlticola (Alticola) stoliczkanus (Blanford, 1875) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tuva Mountain VoleAlticola (Alticola) tuvinicus Ognev, 1950 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Silver Mountain VoleAlticola (Alticola) argentatus (Severtzov, 1879) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gobi Altai Mountain VoleAlticola (Alticola) barakshin Bannikov, 1947 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tailed Mountain VoleAlticola (Alticola) albicaudus (True, 1894) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lake Baikal Mountain VoleAlticola (Aschizomys) olchonensis Litvinov, 1960 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Flat-headed VoleAlticola (Platycranius) strelzowi (Kastschenko, 1899) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large-eared Mountain VoleAlticola (Aschizomys) macrotis (Radde, 1862) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Central Kashmir VoleAlticola (Alticola) montosa (True, 1894) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Alticola semicanus alleni Argyropulo, 1933 Argyropulo, 1933 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Southern Asia
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=632813 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5TY4V. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.