Phenacomys ungava Merriam 1889

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 : 1036

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Phenacomys ungava Merriam 1889
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Phenacomys ungava Merriam 1889 View in CoL

Phenacomys ungava Merriam 1889 View in CoL , N. Amer. Fauna, 2: 35.

Type Locality: Canada, Quebec Prov., Fort Chimo, near Ungava Bay.

Vernacular Names: Eastern Heather Vole.

Synonyms: Phenacomys celatus Merriam 1889 ; Phenacomys crassus Bangs 1900 ; Phenacomys latimanus Merriam 1889 ; Phenacomys mackenzii Preble 1902 ; Phenacomys soperi Anderson 1942 .

Distribution: S Yukon across much of Canada to E Labrador; southwards skirting the E Rocky Mountains to S Alberta, along the N Great Lakes and lower St. Lawrence River, SE Quebec.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: See remarks under P. intermedius and McAllister and Hoffmann (1988) on proper usage of ungava for this form. Distributional limits in late Pleistocene much farther south, as far as N Arkansas, C Tennessee, and Virginia ( Graham and Lundelius, 1994).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Cricetidae

Genus

Phenacomys

Loc

Phenacomys ungava Merriam 1889

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Phenacomys ungava

Merriam 1889: 35
1889
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