Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Microtus umbrosus
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Microtus umbrosus
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Microtus umbrosus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Microtus umbrosus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Microtus umbrosus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Hall, E. Raymond
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1981-04-03 / 1981-04-03
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Mammals of North America, 2nd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
601-1175
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
0-471-05443-5/
Notes:
Reference for:
Microtus umbrosus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Merriam, C. Hart
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1898-04-30 / 1898-04-30
Article/Chapter Title:
Descriptions of two new subgenera and three new species of Microtus from Mexico and Guatemala
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 12
Page(s):
105-108
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0006-324X
Notes:
Online ISSN: 1943-6327. Available online: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263615
Reference for:
Microtus umbrosus
Microtus umbrosus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Middle America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Mexico / Native
Microtus umbrosus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Type species and sole member of Orthriomys, a taxon typically identified as a subgenus of Microtus (Anderson, 1959; Bailey, 1900; Hall and Cockrum, 1953; R. A. Martin, 1995; Zagorodnyuk, 1990). Nonbanded karyotype reported by Cervantes et al. (1994), who noted its agreement with the complement hypothesized as ancestral for Arvicolinae. Viewed as cladistically basal to other North American pitymyines (subgenera Herpetomys, Pedomys, and Pitymys) based on phylogenetic study of molar traits (R....