Microtus mexicanus (Saussure, 1861)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 4), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 477-504 : 494

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scientific name	Microtus mexicanus (Saussure, 1861)
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Microtus mexicanus (Saussure, 1861) . Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, ser. 2, 13:3.

REVIEWED BY: J. Ramirez-Pulido (JRP); G. Urbano V. (GUV).

TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Puebla, Mt. Orizaba .

DISTRIBUTION: Extreme S. Utah and S.W. Colorado ( U.S.A.), south in mountains to C. Oaxaca ( Mexico).

COMMENT: Subgenus Microtus ; see Anderson, 1959, Univ. Kans. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 9:415-511, and Gromov and Polyakov, 1977:319. Hooper and Hart, 1962, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., No. 120, 68 pp., placed this species in genus Microtus , subgenus Pitymys, closely allied with ochrogaster and pinetorum (RSH), but the dental pattern shows no resemblance to Pitymys ( CAR). Includes fulviventer; see Musser, 1964, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 636:122.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008080024001.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Arvicolidae
Genus	Microtus