Microtus ochrogaster

• Common Names
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Common Names

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Arvicola austerus Leconte, 1853
2. Hypudaeus ochrogaster Wagner, 1842
3. Microtus ludovicianus V. Bailey, 1900

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 06-Sep-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Microtus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 288 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

M. (Blanfordimys) afghanus · M. (Stenocranius) gregalis · M. abbreviatus (St. Matthews Island Vole) · M. abbreviatus abbreviatus (Hall Island Insular Vole) · M. abbreviatus fisheri (St Matthew Island Insular Vole) · M. afghanus · M. agrestis (Short-Tailed Field Vole) · M. agrestis armoricanus · M. agrestis bailloni · M. agrestis hirtus · M. agrestis macgillivraii · M. agrestis mongol · M. agrestis pannonicus · M. agrestris · M. amakensis · M. anatolicus · M. arvalidens · M. arvalinus · M. arvalis (Common Vole) · M. arvalis arvalis · M. arvalis asturianus · M. arvalis caspicus · M. arvalis duplicatus · M. arvalis ilaeus · M. arvalis iphigeniae · M. arvalis levis · M. arvalis macrocranius · M. arvalis obscurus · M. arvalis orcadensis · M. arvalis rhodopensis · M. arvaloides · M. augusticeps · M. bavaricus (Bavarian Pine Vole) · M. brandti · M. brandtii · M. brecciensis · M. breweri (Beach Vole) · M. burgondiae · M. cabrerae (Cabrera's Vole) · M. californicus (California Vole) · M. californicus aestuarinus · M. californicus aestuarius · M. californicus californica · M. californicus californicus (California Vole) · M. californicus eximius · M. californicus huperuthrus · M. californicus mohavensis (Mojave River Vole) · M. californicus paludicola · M. californicus sanctidiegi · M. californicus sanpabloensis (San Pablo Vole) · M. californicus scirpensis (California Vole) · M. californicus stephensi (Stephen's California Vole) · M. californicus vallicola (Pwens Valley California Vole) · M. canicaudus (Gray-Tailed Vole) · M. carruthersi · M. chrotorrhinus (Rock Vole) · M. chrotorrhinus carolinensis (Southern Rock Vole) · M. chrotorrhinus chrotorrhinus (Rock Vole) · M. chrotorrhinus ravus (Labrador Rock Vole) · M. clarkei · M. coronarius · M. crotorrhinus ravus · M. daghestanicus (Daghestan Pine Vole) · M. dehmi · M. dentatus · M. drummondi · M. duodecimcostatus (Mediterranean Pine Vole) · M. dutcheri · M. edax · M. epiroticus · M. evoronensis (Evorsk Vole) · M. felteni (Felten's Vole) · M. fortis (Reed Vole) · M. fortis calamorum · M. fortis fortis · M. fortis pelliceus · M. fuscus · M. gerbei (Gerbe's Vole) · M. gregalis (Narrow-Headed Vole) · M. gregalis brevicauda (Narrow-Headed Vole) · M. gregalis buturlini · M. gregalis gregalis · M. gregalis major · M. gregalis raddei · M. gregaloides · M. guatemalensis (Guatemalan Vole) · M. guentheri (Günther's Vole) · M. guentheri guentheri · M. guentheri lydius · M. haydeni · M. henseli · M. hintoni · M. humeralis · M. hyperboreus (North Siberian Vole) · M. ilaeus · M. incertus · M. innuitus · M. irani (Persian Vole) · M. irene (Chinese Scrub Vole) · M. juldaschi (Juniper Vole)

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Further Reading

• A check list of mammals of the North American continent, the West Indies and the neighboring seas: supplement / by Daniel Giraud Elliott. Edited by J.A. Allen. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1917. ENG url p. 76.
• A checklist of the vertebrate animals of Kansas / George D. Potts, Joseph T. Collins. [Lawrence, Kan.]: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1991. ENG url p. 3.
• A manual of land and fresh water vertebrate animals of the United States (exclusive of birds) by Henry Sherring Pratt Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's Son & Co., inc.[c1935] ENG url p. 306.
• Alfred L. Gardner: Formerly included in Pedomys; includes M. ludovicianus
• Animal Ecology. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, 1961. ENG url p. 382.
• Animal communities in temperate America: as illustrated in the Chicago region; a study in animal ecology / by Victor E. Shelford Chicago, Ill.: Published for the Geographic Society of Chicago by the University of Chicago Press, [c1937] ENG url p. 289, p. 360.
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 225, p. 273, p. 419, p. 570, p. 65, p. 81, p. 83.
• Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- ENG url p. 157.
• Evolution of neotropical cricetine rodents (Muridae) with special reference to the phyllotine group. [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1962. ENG url p. 37, p. 506, p. 518.
• Experiment station record. Washington: G.P.O., 1889-1946. ENG url p. 659.
• Field book of North American mammals; descriptions of every mammal known north of the Rio Grande, together with brief accounts of habits, geographical ranges, etc., by H. E. Anthony with 32 coloured plates and 175 photographs, pen-and-ink sketches and New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. ENG url p. 431.
• Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: ENG url p. 161.
• Handbook of mammals of Kansas / by E. Raymond Hall. Lawrence, Kansas: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1955. ENG url p. 148, p. 150, p. 152, p. 300, p. 303.
• Mammal Species of the World, 3rd ed.
• Mammals of the Chicago area / by Colin C. Sanborn, Assistant, Division of Mammals. Chicago:Field Museum of Natural History, 1925. ENG url p. 3.
• Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. Lawrence, University of Kansas, 1946-1996. ENG url p. 10, p. 11, p. 11, p. 110, p. 114, p. 156, p. 162, p. 165, p. 184, p. 64, p. 71, p. 91.
• Name that animal; a guide to the identification of the common land and fresh-water animals of the United States, with special reference to the area east of the Rockies. With drawings by Olive Driver. [Northampton? Mass., 1950] ENG url p. 522.
• Naturalist's guide to the Americas, prepared by the Committee on the Preservation of Natural Conditions of the Ecological Society of America, with assistance from numerous organizations and individuals, assembled and edited by chairman, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1926. ENG url p. 381, p. 554.
• Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas: The University, 1971-1994. ENG url p. 10, p. 15, p. 16, p. 17, p. 17, p. 18, p. 2, p. 21, p. 22, p. 27, p. 30, p. 32, p. 35, p. 37, p. 4, p. 43, p. 44, p. 45, p. 5, p. 5, p. 6, p. 7, p. 8.
• Photoperiodism and related phenomena in plants and animals; proceedings, edited by Robert B. Withrow, with the cooperation of Arthur C. Giese [and others]. Washington, 1959. ENG url p. 869.
• Physiological mammalogy. Edited by William V. Mayer and Richard G. Van Gelder. New York, Academic Press, 1963- ENG url p. 372.
• Principles of animal ecology, by W. C. Allee [and others] Philadelphia, Saunders Co., 1949. ENG url p. 740.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. [Washington, Biological Society of Washington] ENG url p. 179, p. 29, p. 48, p. 73.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 248, p. 251, p. 285, p. 55, p. 571, p. 607, p. 719.
• Relationships of pocket gophers of the genus Geomys from the Central and Northern Great Plains / by Lawrence R. Heaney and Robert M. Timm. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1983. ENG url p. 53.
• The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, ENG url p. 99.
• The Great Basin naturalist. Provo, Utah, M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University. ENG url p. 286, p. 302, p. 400, p. 410, p. 469, p. 521, p. 560, p. 597, p. 613, p. 63, p. 647.
• The Natural history of Enewetak Atoll / edited by Dennis M. Devaney [et al.]; prepared by Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy. Oak Ridge, Tenn.: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Health and Environmental Research, Ecological Research Division, c1987. ENG url p. 214.
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. ENG url p. 101, p. 110, p. 111, p. 112, p. 1261, p. 1279, p. 1283, p. 1292, p. 1293, p. 1294, p. 1295, p. 1296, p. 1301, p. 1335, p. 1336, p. 1337, p. 1338, p. 1339, p. 1340, p. 1344, p. 1349, p. 1351, p. 1366, p. 1373, p. 159, p. 225, p. 254, p. 259, p. 261, p. 262, p. 263, p. 266, p. 267, p. 268, p. 540, p. 77, p. 92, p. 94, p. 96, p. 97, p. 98.
• The mammalian fauna on the islands at the northern tip of Sabah, Borneo / Shukor Md. Nor. Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 1996. ENG url p. 50.
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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 21, 2007.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 11, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
• Rodent Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 20, 2008.
• Rodent Specialist Group 1996. Microtus ochrogaster. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 21 October 2006.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 11, 2008:

• Burke Museum: Mammal Specimens
• Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science: Mammal specimens
• Michigan State University Museum: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU): Mammal specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens
• Sternberg Museum of Natural History: Mammal Collection
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: MSB Mammals Specimens
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: UAM Mammals Specimens
• University of Colorado Museum: Zoological specimens
• University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History: Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2480630
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-180312
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 180312
• IUCN ID: 42631
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMAFF11140
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 15333

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