The specimen of _Clethrionomys glareolus_ figured by Ognev (1950:31) in
dorsal view as I interpret it, resembles my specimen in the rounded base;
in the elongate, distally inflated shaft; in the initially abrupt slope
of the lateral profile in dorsal view from the greatest width of stalk
anteriorly; and in the presence of three well ossified processes. Ognev's
specimen differs from mine in the median process being more elongate
relative to its width, and rounded proximally, lacking lateral lobes and
basal notch; in lateral processes being less curved; in the greater
terminal inflation of the shaft; and in the closer approximation of the
terminal processes to the shaft. The baculum of _Clethrionomys glareolus_
as described and figured by Didier (1954:243-244) resembles my specimen
in general proportions, but is more pointed proximally and more curved in
dorsoventral plane. Didier states that the baculum is rather variable in
form in this species, in different regions, but that a large number of
specimens must be examined to assess the geographic nature of this
variation.
_Specimen examined_: One from Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland, 67100.
Clethrionomys rufocanus Sundevall
Fig. 9
Baculum: Base of stalk broad but relatively flattened dorsoventrally,
greatest length (3.2 mm.) less than 1-1/2 greatest width, 4 times
greatest depth; three well-developed ossified processes; median process
arched in dorsoventral plane, having basal notch and lateral lobes;
lateral processes as long as median process, flattened distally, with
ventromedial vane; basal tuberosities of stalk weakly developed, medially
confluent; posterior profile in dorsal view convex with rounded posterior
apex; dorsal surface of base almost flat, ventral concavity broad and
shallow; constriction 3/4 greatest depth (not including an unusual
irregularity on the ventral surface of the base); shaft straight, at
mid-point of stalk distinctly wider than high, slender at distal end,
widest point of stalk almost 1/3 of total length from proximal end, tip
of shaft rounded; lateral profile in dorsal view gradually sloping from
widest point anteriorly onto shaft.
The specimen of _Clethrionomys rufocanus_ figured by Ognev (1950:97)
resembles my specimen in the presence of three well ossified processes.
Ognev's specimen differs however in the lack of a proximal notch on the
median process, the lesser proportion of the stalk included in the basal
enlargement, the more posterior position of the point of greatest width,
and the presence of a concavity in the posterior profile of the stalk in
dorsal view. These differences in the stalk may be owing to a difference
in age (my specimen perhaps being older).
_Specimen examined_: One from 1 mi. NW Oho-ri, 6 M., Korea, 60438.
Phenacomys intermedius Merriam
Figs. 7 and 8
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