Stenocranius anglicus Hinton, 1910 – European narrow-headed vole

  • Arhizodont molars
  • Cement present
  • Microtine enamel
  • m1 with:
    • 5 separated triangles (T1 to T5)
    • T6 absent, weak or present but smaller than the other triangles
    • T6 and T7 confluent
    • T6+T7 confluent with AC but well-separated, AC usually rounded.
    • LRA5 always present and well pronounced, BRA4 absent or, when present, weaker than LRA5

Essential references

Chaline, J., 1972. Les Rongeurs du Pléistocène Moyen et Supérieur de France. Paris.

Nadachowski, A., 1982. Late Quaternary Rodents of Poland with special reference to morphotype dentition analysis of voles. P.W.N., Warszava – Krakow.

Baca, M., Popović, D., Lemanik, A., Baca, K., Horáček, I., & Nadachowski, A. (2019). Highly divergent lineage of narrow-headed vole from the Late Pleistocene Europe. Scientific reports, 9(1), 17799.

Baca, M., et al. (2023). Ancient DNA of narrow-headed vole reveal common features of the Late Pleistocene population dynamics in cold-adapted small mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 290(1993), 20222238.