Table 1 List of 20 Arvicolinae species used in the study representing 3 arvicoline tribes and 10 genera.

From: Evolutionary rearrangements of X chromosomes in voles (Arvicolinae, Rodentia)

Tribe

Subtribe

Genus

Subgenus

Species/Subspecies

Abbreviation

Sex

2n

Karyotype description

Arvicolini

Arvicolina

Arvicola

 

A. amphibius (= terrestris)

AAMP

36

27

Microtina

Alexandromys

 

A. evoronensis

AEVO

36

A. maximowiczii

AMAX

44

A. mujanensis

AMUJ

38

18

Blanfordimys

 

B. afghanus

BAFG

58

B. juldaschi¶¶

BJUL

54

Chionomys

 

C. gud

CGUD

54

Lasiopodomys

Lasiopodomys

L. brandtii

LBRA

34

28

Stenocranius

L. gregalis*

LGRE

36

26,28

Microtus

Microtus

M. arvalis

MARV

46

26

M. rossiaemeridionalis (= levis)

MROS

54

26

Sumeriomys

M. dogramacii

MDOG

48

26

M. guentheri

MGUG

54

26

M. schidlovskii

MSCH

60

Terricola

 

T. daghestanicus

TDAG

54

26

T. majori

TMAJ

54

T. savii

TSAV

54

Ellobiini

 

Ellobius

Ellobius

E. talpinus

ETAL

54

29,30

Myodini

 

Alticola

Alticola

A. tuvinicus

ATUV

56

Myodes (= Clethrionomys)

 

M. (= C. rutilus)

MRUT

56

27

  1. Overall species names here follow the latest checklist “The mammals of Russia: a taxonomic and geographic reference”31, names in parentheses are outdated or follow other sources. —the systematic status of the species defined by32. ¶¶—the systematic status of the species defined by33. *—belonged to Microtus genus and Stenocranius subgenus in34. **—the species is listed as M. maximowizcii in34. Minus signs indicate that the species have not been involved in comparative studies with painting probes yet or specimens with a different from previously published chromosome number were investigated here.