Phenacomys ungava Merriam 1889

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Cricetidae; Phenacomys; Phenacomys ungava; Ungava Bay; Yukon
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11324409; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/48F0D50A10469903F7EDECC0852151C1

Phenacomys ungava Merriam 1889 Phenacomys ungava Merriam 1889, N. Amer. Fauna, 2: 35. Type Locality: Canada, Quebec Prov., Fort Chimo, near Ungava Bay. Vernacular Names: Eastern Heather Vole. Synonyms: Phenacomys celatus Merriam 1889; Phenacomys crassus Bangs 1900; Phenacomys latimanus Merriam 1889; Phenacomys mackenzii Preble 1902; Phenacomys soperi Anderson 1942. Distribution: S Yukon across much of Canada to E Labrador; southwards skirting the E Rocky Mountains to S Alberta, along the N Great Lakes and lower St. Lawrence River, SE Quebec. Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: See remarks under P. intermedius and McAllister and Hoffmann (1988) on proper usage of ungava for this form. Distributional limits in late Pleistocene much farther south, as far as N Arkansas, C Tennessee, and Virginia (Graham and Lundelius, 1994). Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, pp. 955-1189 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1036, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535