Baculum: Stalk broad, greatest length (2.5 to 2.7 mm.) 1-2/3 times
greatest breadth, 4 times greatest depth; median process ossified, size
small, 1/5 length of stalk, higher than wide, having small anterodorsal
prominence in both specimens examined; lateral processes cartilaginous,
relatively small, displaced posteriorly, attenuate; posterior margin in
dorsal view broadly rounded, or having blunt median apex, convex
throughout; basal tuberosities moderately well developed, medially
confluent, barely visible in dorsal view when mature; in end-view median
constriction 4/5 greatest depth, ventral concavity deeper than dorsal
concavity, both comparatively shallow; stalk at mid-point 1-1/2 times as
wide as deep; shaft relatively slender, bowed dorsally at tip, relatively
straight otherwise; lateral profile in dorsal view a gradual concave
slope from point of greatest width anteriorly to distal part of shaft.
_Specimens examined_: Two, from Douglas Co., Kansas, 76834 (2 mi. N
Baldwin), 68545 (1 mi. NE Pleasant Grove).
Microtus (Pitymys) parvulus (Howell)
Fig. 40
Baculum: Stalk broad, greatest length (2.4 mm. in specimen examined)
1-3/4 times greatest breadth, 4 times greatest depth; median process
ossified, size small, less than 1/4 length of stalk, wider than high,
terminally flattened; lateral processes cartilaginous, relatively small,
attenuate; posterior margin in dorsal view flattened, irregularly curved
with concavities medially and laterally; basal tuberosities well
developed, medially confluent; visible in dorsal view; in end-view median
constriction 2/3 greatest depth, ventral concavity well-formed, no dorsal
concavity; stalk at mid-point twice as wide as deep; shaft relatively
slender, bowed dorsally toward tip; in dorsal view lateral profile a
gradual concave slope from point of greatest width anteriorly to distal
part of shaft; tip of shaft enlarged.
The baculum of _M. parvulus_ resembles that of _M. pinetorum_ more than
it resembles the baculum of any other microtine studied, differing
primarily in smaller size.
_Specimen examined_: One, from 1 mi. W Micanopy, Alachua Co., Florida,
Univ. Florida No. 1508.
Microtus (Pitymys) quasiater (Coues)
Figs. 29 and 30
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