Chionomys

Chionomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae.^[1]

Chionomys Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene to Recent
European snow vole, (Chionomys nivalis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Arvicolinae
Tribe:	Microtini
Genus:	Chionomys Miller, 1908
Type species
Arvicola nivalis Martins, 1842
Species
Chionomys gud Chionomys nivalis Chionomys roberti

Taxonomy

Mammal Species of the World and the IUCN recognize the following 3 species:^[1]

• Caucasian snow vole (Chionomys gud)
• European snow vole (Chionomys nivalis)
• Robert's snow vole (Chionomys roberti)

The American Society of Mammalogists additionally recognizes these two species:^[2]

• Lazistan snow vole (Chionomys lasistanius) split from C. gud^[3]
• Stekolnikov's snow vole (Chionomys stekolnikovi) recently described^[4][5]