Microtus xanthognathus
Description
Microtus xanthognathus (Leach, 1815). Zool. Misc., 1:60.
REVIEWED BY: R. E. Barry, Jr. (REB).
TYPE LOCALITY: Canada, Manitoba, Ft. Churchill?, "Hudson Bay."
DISTRIBUTION: C. coast of Hudson Bay in Manitoba (Canada) to C. Alaska (U.S.A.) and N.E. British Columbia (Canada).
COMMENT: Subgenus Microtus; see Anderson, 1959, Univ. Kans. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 9:415-511. Anderson, 1960, Univ. Kans. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 12: 192, suggested that this species may be most closely related to chrotorrhinus; dental characters indicate specific distinctness (SRL), as do size differences (REB); see also Guilday et al., 1978, Bull. Carnegie Mus. Nat. Hist., 11: 1 -67.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008080047001.
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- Is part of
- 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
- Leach
- Species
- xanthognathus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Microtus xanthognathus (Leach, 1815) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982
References
- Anderson, S. 1959. Distribution, variation, and relationships of the montane vole, Microtus montanus. University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, 9: 415 - 511.
- Anderson, S. 1960. The baculum in microtine rodents. University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, 12: 181 - 216.