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Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of North American Microtines — John Shaqi

Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of North American MicrotinesHall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)

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Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of North American Microtines

Name: Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of North American Microtines
Author: Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)

Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)

Lemmings; Voles

1935. _Clethrionomys gapperi caurinus_, Racey and Cowan, Rept.
        British Columbia Prov. Mus. for 1935, p. H 25.

    CLETHRIONOMYS OCCIDENTALIS MAZAMA (Merriam).

        1897. _Evotomys mazama_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
        11:71, April 21, type from Crater Lake, 7000 ft., Mount Mazama,
        Klamath County, Oregon.

        1936. _Clethrionomys californicus mazama_, Bailey, N. Amer.
        Fauna, 55:192, August 29.

    CLETHRIONOMYS OCCIDENTALIS NIVARIUS (Bailey).

        1897. _Evotomys nivarius_ Bailey, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
        11:136, May 13, type from northwest slope of Mount Ellinor,
        4000 ft., Olympic Mts., Mason County, Washington.

    CLETHRIONOMYS OCCIDENTALIS OBSCURUS (Merriam).

        1897. _Evotomys obscurus_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
        11:72, April 21, type from Prospect, 2600 ft., upper Rogue
        River Valley, Jackson County, Oregon.

        1933. _Clethrionomys mazama obscurus_, Grinnell, Univ.
        California Publ. Zool., 40:185, September 26.

        1936. _Clethrionomys californicus obscurus_, Bailey, N. Amer.
        Fauna, 55:192, August 29.


    Clethrionomys gapperi pallescens, new name

    1940. _Clethrionomys gapperi rufescens_ R. W. Smith, Amer. Midland
    Nat., 24:233, July, type from Wolfville, Kings County, Nova Scotia
    (_nec Arvicola rufescens_ de Selys Longchamps, 1836, from
    Longchamps-sur-Ger, Belgium).

The name _rufescens_, as applied by R. W. Smith (Amer. Midland Nat.,
24:233, July, 1940) to the red-backed mouse of Nova Scotia, seems to be
unavailable under the rules of the International Code of Zoological
Nomenclature, since it is a homonym of _Arvicola rufescens_ de Selys
Longchamps, 1836, which in turn is a synonym of _Clethrionomys
glareolus glareolus_ Schreber, 1780 (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott,
Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals, 1758 to 1946, p. 663,
November 19, 1951).


    Clethrionomys gapperi phaeus (Swarth)

    1911. _Evotomys phaeus_ Swarth, Univ. California Publ. Zool.,
    7:127, January 12, type from Marten Arm, Boca de Quadra, Alaska.

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