Subspeciation in the Meadow Mouse, Microtus montanus, in Wyoming and ColoradoAnderson, Sydney
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Subspeciation in the Meadow Mouse, Microtus montanus, in Wyoming and Colorado
Anderson, Sydney
Mice
Specimens examined of _M. m. nanus_ from eastern Idaho and Montana
are as follows: IDAHO: _Custer Co._: Challis, 7 (USBS); Mill Creek,
Challis Nat. Forest, 1 (USBS); Pahsimeroi Mts., 12 (USBS); Lost
River Mts., 1 (USBS). _Fremont Co._: N fork Snake River, 10 mi. SW
Island Park, 6200 ft., 2 (AMNH); Black Springs Creek, 4 mi. W
Ashton, 5200 ft., 1 (AMNH); 5 mi. W St. Anthony, 5000 ft., 1
(AMNH). _Camas Co._: Camas Prairie, Corral, 5100 ft., 2 (USBS).
_Blaine Co._: Alturas Lake, 3 (USBS); _Sawtooth Lake_, 2 (USBS);
Craters of the Moon, Laidlow Park, 2 (Mich); Ticura, 10 mi. S
Picabo, 1 (USBS); 19 mi. NE Carey (Lava Lake), 8 (Mich). _Butte
Co._: _26 mi. SW Arco_, 12 (Mich). _Bingham Co._: Shelley, 6
(USBS). _Bonneville Co._: 10 mi. SE Irwin, 4 (USBS). _Owyhee Co._:
Three Creeks, 3 (USBS). _Twin Falls Co._: Castleford Fenced Plot,
11 mi. W, 9 mi. S Twin Falls, 1. _Minidoka Co._: _Heyburn_, 2
(USBS). _Cassia Co._: 2 mi. S, 2 mi. W Burley, 5. _Bannock Co._:
Pocatello, 23 (USBS 4); Swan Lake, 1 (USBS). _Bear Lake Co._:
Montpelier Creek, 6700 ft., 3 (USBS). MONTANA: _Gallatin Co._: W.
Fork of W. Fork, Gallatin River, 1 (USBS). _Park Co._: Lamar River,
7000 ft., 1 (USBS); Gardiner, 1 (USBS). _Sweet Grass Co._: 14 mi. S
Big Timber, 1 (USBS); _McLeod_, 1 (USBS); West Boulder Creek, 18
mi. SE Livingston, 2 (USBS).
=Microtus montanus codiensis=, new subspecies
_Type._--Female, adult, skin and skull; No. 27578, Museum of
Natural History, University of Kansas, from 3⅕ mi. E and ⅗ mi.
S Cody, 5020 ft., Park Co., Wyoming; obtained on August 11, 1948,
by James W. Bee, original number 18-8-11-48.
_Range._--In northwestern Wyoming eastward from the Absaroka and
Wind River ranges into the western part of the Big Horn Basin.
_Diagnosis._--A relatively large _Microtus montanus_; tail actually
and relatively long; hind foot actually but not relatively large;
skull large; zygomatic expanse actually and relatively large;
alveolobasilar length relatively large; upper molar tooth-row
relatively long; color relatively light, not reddish.
[Illustration: FIG. 1. Geographic range of _Microtus montanus_ in
Wyoming, Colorado, and adjacent areas. The solid circles represent
localities from which specimens have been examined; the hollow circles
represent type localities. The ranges of subspecies in Utah are after
Durrant, 1952.
Guide to subspecies
1. _M. m. nanus_
2. _M. m. codiensis_
3. _M. m. zygomaticus_
4. _M. m. fusus_
5. _M. m. micropus_
6. _M. m. nexus_
7. _M. m. amosus_
8. _M. m. rivularis_
]
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