NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Central Kashmir Vole
Alticola (Alticola) montosa (True, 1894)
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Alticola (Alticola) montosa (True, 1894)
- Name authority
- (True, 1894)
- Common name
- Central Kashmir 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) montosa (True, 1894)
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 |
| Mongolian Mountain VoleAlticola (Alticola) semicanus (G. M. Allen, 1924) | 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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Microtus imitator Bonhote, 1905 Bonhote, 1905 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
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=632811 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:669SY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.