Microtus abbreviatus Miller 1899

Microtus abbreviatus Miller, 1899. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 13: 13. TYPE LOCALITY: USA, Alaska, Bering Sea, Hall Island. DISTRIBUTION: Hall and St. Matthew Islands, Bering Sea (Alaska, USA). SYNONYMS: fisheri. COMMENTS: An insular relative of M. miurus of the Alaskan mainland, generally retained...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guy G. Musser, Michael D. Carleton
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Microtus
Microtus abbreviatus
Bering Sea
Hall Island
Alaska
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7282866
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7282866
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Summary:Microtus abbreviatus Miller, 1899. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 13: 13. TYPE LOCALITY: USA, Alaska, Bering Sea, Hall Island. DISTRIBUTION: Hall and St. Matthew Islands, Bering Sea (Alaska, USA). SYNONYMS: fisheri. COMMENTS: An insular relative of M. miurus of the Alaskan mainland, generally retained as a species (Fedyk, 1970; Rausch and Rausch, 1968). Karyotype reported by Rausch and Rausch (1968) and chromosomal affinities within subgenus Stenocranius discussed by Fedyk (1970). Also see accounts of M. gregalis and M. miurus. Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 518, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7353098

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