Microtus pennsylvanicus
Description
Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord, 1815). In Guthrie, A new geogr., hist., comml., grammar... Philadelphia, 2nd Amer, ed., 2:292.
REVIEWED BY: R. E. Barry, Jr. (REB); J. Ramirez-Pulido (JRP).
TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A., Pennsylvania, "meadows below Philadelphia."
DISTRIBUTION: North America from Newfoundland to W. Alaska, north into tundra zone, south to Georgia, N. Great Plains, S. Rocky Mtns. (U.S.A.), isolated population in N. Chihuahua (Mexico).
COMMENT: Subgenus Microtus; see Anderson, 1960. Includes chihuahuensis; see Bradley and Cockrum, 1968, Am. Mus. Novit., 2325:3-7. Klimkiewicz, 1970, Mammalia, 34:640-665, suggested that pennsylvanicus is conspecific with agrestis. This species requires review over its entire range and comparison with related Old and New World species (SRL). Closely related insular forms, such as breweri, provectus (here included in pennsylvanicus), nesophilus and others may best be considered subspecies; see Chamberlain, 1954, J. Mammal., 35: 587, Fivush et al., 1975, J. Mammal., 56:272, and Wheeler, 1956, Evolution, 10: 176- 186. Hall, 1981, considered breweri and nesophilus distinct species and provectus a subspecies of pennsylvanicus, whereas Anderson, 1959:496, afforded all full specific status, without elaborating; see comments under breweri and nesophilus. Reviewed by Reich, 1981, Mamm. Species, 159:1-8. See Anderson and Hubbard, 1971, Am. Mus. Novit., 2460:1-8, for discussion of distribution.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008080035001.
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353034 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFD61569FFA704276E76FFF8C013FFC6 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Arvicolidae
- Genus
- Microtus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Ord
- Species
- pennsylvanicus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord, 1815) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982
References
- Anderson, S. 1960. The baculum in microtine rodents. University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, 12: 181 - 216.
- Klimkiewicz, M. K. 1970. The taxonomic status of the nominal species Microtus pennsylvanicus and Microtus agrestis (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Mammalia, 34: 640 - 655.
- Chamberlain, J. L. 1954. The Block Island meadow mouse, Microtus provectus. Journal of Mammalogy, 35: 587 - 588.
- Fivush, B., R. Parker, and R. H. Tamarin. 1975. Karyotype of the beach vole, Microtus breweri, an endemic island species. Journal of Mammalogy, 56: 272 - 273.
- Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.
- Anderson, S. 1959. Distribution, variation, and relationships of the montane vole, Microtus montanus. University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, 9: 415 - 511.
- Reich, L. M. 1981. Microtus pennsylvanicus. Mammalian Species, 159: 1 - 8.
- Anderson, S., and J. P. Hubbard. 1971. Notes on geographic variation of Microtus pennsylvanicus (Mammalia, Rodentia) in New Mexico and Chihuahua. American Museum Novitates, 2460: 1 - 8.