Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combination: Mus oeconomus
Belongs to Microtus according to T. Galewski et al. 2006
See also Alroy 2002
Sister taxa: Arvicola didelta, Arvicola involuta, Microtus (Stenocranius), Microtus (Tyrrhenicola), Microtus agrestis, Microtus arvalis, Microtus australis, Microtus brecciensis, Microtus bucharicus, Microtus californicus, Microtus chrotorrhinus, Microtus drummondi, Microtus duodecimcostatus, Microtus eleniae, Microtus epimticeps, Microtus guatemalensis, Microtus guentheri, Microtus guildayi, Microtus hibbardi, Microtus irene, Microtus kikuchii, Microtus leucurus, Microtus llanensis, Microtus longicaudus, Microtus mandarinus, Microtus meadensis, Microtus mexicanus, Microtus middendorffi, Microtus miguelensis, Microtus miurus, Microtus montanus, Microtus morlani, Microtus oaxacensis, Microtus ochrogaster, Microtus paroperarius, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Microtus pinetorum, Microtus quasiater, Microtus richardsoni, Microtus rossiaemeridionalis, Microtus umbrosus, Microtus xanthognathus, Pitymys cumberlandensis, Pitymys nemoralis, Pitymys aratai, Pitymys mcnowni, Pitymys parvulus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Yukon collections), France (2), Germany (1), Hungary (3), the Netherlands (2), Poland (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), Turkey (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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