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Microtus ochrogaster (prairie vole)
Taxonomy
Hypudaeus ochrogaster was named by Wagner (1842). It is extant.
It was recombined as Microtus (Pedomys) ochrogaster by Hibbard (1955); it was recombined as Pitymys ochrogaster by Martin (1974), Repenning (1983) and Repenning and Grady (1988); it was recombined as Pedomys ochrogaster by Pfaff (1990); it was recombined as Microtus ochrogaster by Hall and Kelson (1959), Wilson (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Bell and Bever (2006) and Galewski et al. (2006).
It was recombined as Microtus (Pedomys) ochrogaster by Hibbard (1955); it was recombined as Pitymys ochrogaster by Martin (1974), Repenning (1983) and Repenning and Grady (1988); it was recombined as Pedomys ochrogaster by Pfaff (1990); it was recombined as Microtus ochrogaster by Hall and Kelson (1959), Wilson (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Bell and Bever (2006) and Galewski et al. (2006).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1842 | Hypudaeus ochrogaster Wagner |
1955 | Microtus (Pedomys) ochrogaster Hibbard p. 216 |
1959 | Microtus ochrogaster Hall and Kelson |
1967 | Microtus ochrogaster Wilson p. 210 |
1974 | Pitymys ochrogaster Martin |
1980 | Microtus ochrogaster Kurten and Anderson p. 262 |
1983 | Pitymys ochrogaster Repenning |
1988 | Pitymys ochrogaster Repenning and Grady |
1990 | Pedomys ochrogaster Pfaff |
2006 | Microtus ochrogaster Bell and Bever p. 376 |
2006 | Microtus ochrogaster Galewski et al. |
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Microtus ochrogaster Wagner 1842 [prairie vole]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 1.80000 to 0.01200 Ma
Collections (23 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Microtus ochrogaster (20165 20168 20312 20315 20332 20516) Pedomys ochrogaster (20422 20423 20424) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Nebraska) | Microtus ochrogaster (20143 20380) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Oklahoma) | Pedomys ochrogaster (20157) | |
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean | USA (Kansas) | Microtus ochrogaster (20492) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Indiana) | Microtus ochrogaster (20600) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Pitymys ochrogaster (76059) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Michigan) | Microtus ochrogaster (200485) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | Microtus ochrogaster (93140) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Kansas) | Pedomys ochrogaster (20605) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Colorado) | Microtus ochrogaster (20617) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Microtus ochrogaster (93332) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Missouri) | Microtus ochrogaster (93379) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Microtus ochrogaster (104758 124089) |