Microtus longicaudus

• Main Authors: Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Lynx Edicions 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Cricetidae; Microtus; Microtus longicaudus; Canada; British Columbia; Larga; Buff; Black Hills; Coronation Island; Alaska
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6711638; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6711638

150. Long-tailed Vole Microtus longicaudus French: Campagnol a longue queue / German: Langschwanz-Wiihimaus / Spanish: Topillo de cola larga Other common names: Coronation Island Vole (coronarius), San Bernardino Long-tailed Vole (bernardinus) Taxonomy. Arvicola (Mynomes) longicaudus Merriam, 1888, “Custer (in the Black Hills), [Custer County, South] Dakota,” USA. Fifteen subspecies are recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. M.l.longicaudusMerriam,1888—widelydistributedfromCAlaskaStoCNewMexico,USA. M.l.abditusA.B.Howell,1923—N&CcoastalOregon,USA. M.l.alticolaMerriam,1890—SEUtahandNArizona,USA. M.l.angusticepsBailey,1898—ScoastalOregonandNcoastalCalifornia,USA. M.l.bailey:Goldman,1938—NCArizona,USA. M.l.bernardinusMerriam,1908—SCCalifornia,USA. M.l.coronariusSwarth,1911—Coronation,Warren,andForresterIsinSEAlaska,USA. M.l.halliHayman&Holt,1941—SEWashingtonandNEOregon,USA. M.l.incanusLee&Durrant,1960—HenryMtsofSCUtah,USA.M.latusHall,1931—CNevadaandWUtah,USA. M.l.leucophaeusJ.A.Allen,1894—knownonlyfromGrahamMts,SEArizona,USA. M.l.littoralisSwarth,1933—coastalSEAlaska,USA. M.l.macrurusMerriam,1898—fromCBritishColumbiaStoEWashington,USA. M.l.sierraeKellogg,1922—fromtheOregonborderStoECCalifornia,USA. M. l. vellerosus J. A. Allen, 1899 — widely distributed from EC Alaska SE to SE British Columbia and SW Alberta, Canada. Descriptive notes. Head-body 106-140 mm, tail 49-81 mm, ear 13-15-8 mm, hindfoot 20-25 mm; weight 37-59 g (males and females are similar in weight). The Long-tailed Vole is relatively small, with a long bicolored tail. Head-body is 1-6-1-9 times as long as tail. Dorsal pelage is grizzled with cinnamon buff to darker cinnamon brown hairs, interspersed with black hairs. Sides are lighter, and venter is whitish to gray to cinnamon. Braincase is wide, with large rounded bullae, and rostrum is elongate. There is substantial phylogeographic variation across the distribution. Habitat. Diverse habitats. In arid southern part of the distribution, Long-tailed Voles are found in mountain forests of ...