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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scientific name	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).

References

Graham, R. W., and E. L. Lundelius, Jr. 1994. FAUNMAP: A database documenting Late Quaternary distributions of mammal species in the United States. Scientific Papers, Illinois State Museum, 25 (1 and 2): 1 - 690.

McAllister, J. A., and R. S. Hoffmann. 1988. Phenacomys intermedius. Mammalian Species, 305: 1 - 8.

Merriam, C. H. 1889. Preliminary revision of the North American pocket mice (genera Perognathus et Cricetodipus auct.) with descriptions of new species and subspecies and a key to the known forms. North American Fauna, 1: 1 - 36.

Preble, E. A. 1902. A biological investigation of the Hudson Bay region. North American Fauna, 22: 1 - 140.