Microtus canicaudus Miller, 1897

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 : 491

Microtus canicaudus Miller, 1897 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 11:67.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A., Oregon, Polk Co., McCoy .

DISTRIBUTION: Restricted to Willamette Valley, Oregon, and adjacent Washington ( U.S.A.).

COMMENT: Subgenus Microtus ; closely related to montanus and formerly considered conspecific; Hsu and Johnson, 1970, J. Mammal., 51: 824-826, provided evidence of specific distinctness. See Maser and Storm, 1970, A Key to the Microtinae of the Pacific Northwest, O.S.U. Book Stores, Corvalis, Oregon, for status and distribution.