Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combination: Arvicola richardsoni
Belongs to Microtus according to T. Galewski et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Arvicola didelta, Arvicola involuta, Microtus (Iberomys), 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 oeconomus, Microtus paroperarius, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Microtus pinetorum, Microtus quasiater, Microtus rossiaemeridionalis, Microtus umbrosus, Microtus xanthognathus, Microtus (Pedomys) llanensis, Pitymys mcnowni, Pitymys parvulus, Pitymys nemoralis, Pitymys cumberlandensis, Pitymys aratai
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at January Cave (Quaternary of Alberta)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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