Microtus xanthognathus Leach 1815
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Microtus xanthognathus Leach 1815
Microtus xanthognathus Leach 1815, Zool. Misc., Vol. 1: 60.
Type Locality: Canada, Manitoba, Hudson Bay.
Vernacular Names: Taiga Vole.
Distribution: Western boreal taiga zone, from EC Alaska to W Northwest Territories, southeastwards to C Alberta and W coast of Hudson Bay, Canada.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Relationships obscure—apparently not a sister species to M. chrotorrhinus as once believed (see that account and Lidicker and Yang, 1986) nor closely related to M. richardsoni, subgenus Aulacomys, as arranged by Zagorodnyuk (1990; see Conroy and Cook, 2000 a). Karyotype reported and affinities discussed by Rausch and Rausch (1974). Late Pleistocene distribution reached C and E USA, as far south as S Nebraska, N Arkansas, and Virginia (Graham and Lundelius, 1994).
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/05F3D1847A4743C70A50558FE6B48509 (URL)
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- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/D80515CA345B90BD4E1176043F8E9946 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231522697 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Genus
- Microtus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Leach
- Species
- xanthognathus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Microtus xanthognathus Leach, 1815 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Lidicker, W. Z., Jr., and A. Yang. 1986. Morphology of the penis in the taiga vole (Microtus xanthognathus). Journal of Mammalogy, 67: 497 - 502.
- Zagorodnyuk, I. V. 1990. Kariotipicheskaya izmenchivost' i sistematika serykh polevok (Rodentia, Arvicolini). Soobshchenie 1. Vidovoi sostav i khromosomnye chisla [Karyotypic variability and systematics of the gray voles (Rodentia, Arvicolini). Communication 1. Species composition and chromosomal numbers]. Vestnik Zoologii, 2: 26 - 37 (in Russian).
- Conroy, C. J., and J. A. Cook. 2000 a. Molecular systematics of a Holarctic rodent (Microtus: Muridae). Journal of Mammalogy, 81: 344 - 359.
- Rausch, V. R., and R. L. Rausch. 1974. The chromosome complement of the yellow-cheeked vole, Microtus xanthognathus (Leach). Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology, 16: 267 - 272.
- Graham, R. W., and E. L. Lundelius, Jr. 1994. FAUNMAP: A database documenting Late Quaternary distributions of mammal species in the United States. Scientific Papers, Illinois State Museum, 25 (1 and 2): 1 - 690.