Baculum: In the one specimen examined, stalk broad, greatest length (2.9
mm.) 1-1/2 times greatest breadth, 3-1/2 times greatest depth; three
digitate processes ossified; median process slightly less than 1/2 length
of stalk, broad, dorsally curved; curved lateral ossifications shorter
and more slender than median ossification; basal tuberosities well
developed, angular, confluent across posterior border of projecting
shelf; in end-view tuberosities projecting ventrolaterally from central
shelf; dorsal surface at medial constriction flat, ventral surface
broadly and deeply concave; posterior profile in dorsal view trilobate,
central lobe formed by posteriorly flattened shelf, surface of attachment
visible only on lateral lobes; at mid-point stalk almost twice as wide as
deep, depth of shaft greater than width proximal to inflated terminus.
_Specimen examined_: One from Palestine, 67104.
Microtus fortis Büchner
Fig. 25
Baculum: Stalk large, greatest length (3.8 mm.) 1-4/5 times greatest
breadth, 4-1/2 times greatest depth; three digitate processes ossified;
median ossification almost 1/3 length of stalk; lateral ossifications
slender, smaller than median ossification; posterior profile of stalk in
dorsal view trilobate, basal tuberosities well developed, confluent
medially; in end-view dorsal concavity broader and deeper than ventral
concavity; medial constriction pronounced (less than 1/2 greatest depth);
lateral profile at widest point of stalk convex, becoming abruptly
concave as the flange of the basal tuberosities grades into the shaft,
then gradually converging to narrowest point 1/3 of length of stalk from
the terminus; stalk wider than deep in proximal 2/3, circular in cross
section in terminal 1/3, slight terminal inflation.
A specimen figured by Ognev (1950:297) has the same general proportions,
slender lateral processes, and proximal placement of the point of
greatest breadth.
_Specimens examined_: Two from Chipo-ri, Korea, 60443, 63841.
Microtus montanus (Peale)
Figs. 19, 20 and 21
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