Lemmiscus curtatus (Cope 1868)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 985

Lemmiscus curtatus (Cope 1868)

[Arvicola] curtata Cope 1868 , Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 20: 2.

Type Locality: USA, Nevada, Esmeralda Co., Mt Magruder, Pigeon Spring.

Vernacular Names: Sagebrush Vole.

Synonyms: Lemmiscus artemisiae (Anthony 1913) ; Lemmiscus decurtata (Coues 1877) ; Lemmiscus intermedius (Taylor 1911) ; Lemmiscus levidensis Goldman 1941 ; Lemmiscus orbitus (Dearden and Lee 1955) ; Lemmiscus pallidus (Merriam 1888) ; Lemmiscus pauperrimus (Cooper 1868) .

Distribution: Sagebrush steppe and desert from S Alberta and SE Saskatchewan, Canada, south to EC California and NW Colorado ( Fitzgerald et al., 1994), including the Columbia Basin of interior Oregon ( Verts and Carraway, 1998) and Washington, USA.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: See Carroll and Genoways, 1980 (Mammalian Species, 124, as Lagurus curtatus ).