Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea
Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Arvicolinae
Genus: Arborimus
Species: A. albipes - A. longicaudus - A. pomo
Name
Arborimus, Taylor, 1915
Type species: Phenacomys longicaudus True, 1890
Synonyms
* Paraphenacomys Repenning & Grady, 1988
References
* Arborimus on Mammal Species of the World.
* Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World : A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2-volume set (3rd ed).
* Taylor, W.P. 1915. Description of a new subgenus (Arborimus) of Phenacomys, with contribution to knowledge of the habits and distribution of Phenacomys longicaudus True. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, Series 4 5(11):1-162.
Vernacular names
Internationalization
Deutsch: Baumwühlmäuse
English: Tree vole
Lietuvių: Šiaurės Amerikos pelėnai
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The genus Arborimus is a group of voles found in western North America. The genus name means "tree mouse" in Latin.
These animals live in forested areas and two species live in trees. They are small rodents with short ears and long legs. They are primarily herbivorous. Predators include owls and mustelids.
Some sources include this genus with the heather voles, genus Phenacomys.
Classification
The complete list of species is:
* White-footed Vole (Arborimus albipes)
* Red Tree Vole (Arborimus longicaudus)
* Sonoma Tree Vole (Arborimus pomo)
Bellinger et al. (2005) and Blois and Arbogast (2006) determined on the basis of mitochondrial DNA that A. pomo and A. albipes are more closely related to one another than either are to A. longicaudus. This is in contrast to previous suggestions that A. albipes is the most basal species in the genus (outlined in Musser and Carleton, 2005).
References
* Bellinger, R., S. Haig, E. Forsman, and T. Mullins. 2005. Taxonomic relationships among Phenacomys voles endemic to western United States. Journal of Mammalogy, 86:201-210.
* Blois, J. L. and B. S. Arbogast. 2006. Conservation genetics of the Sonoma Tree Vole (Arborimus pomo) based on mitochondrial and amplified fragment length polymorphism markers. Journal of Mammalogy, 87:950-960.
* Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
* "Arborimus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180351.
