Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Alternative combination: Allophaiomys guildayi

Synonyms: Arvicola sigmodus Cope 1871, Arvicola speothen Cope 1871, Arvicola tetradelta Cope 1871, Microtus involutus Cope 1871, Microtus speothen Cope 1871

Full reference: A. J. van der Meulen. 1978. Microtus and Pitymys (Arvicolidae) from Cumberland Cave, Maryland, with a comparison of some New World and Old World species. Annals of Carnegie Museum 47:110-145

Belongs to Microtus according to R. A. Martin 1995

See also Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Martin 1974, Martin 1987, Morgan and White 1995, Pfaff 1990, Repenning 1983, Repenning 1992 and van der Meulen 1978

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 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 richardsoni, Microtus rossiaemeridionalis, Microtus umbrosus, Microtus xanthognathus, Pitymys aratai, Pitymys parvulus, Pitymys cumberlandensis, Pitymys nemoralis, Pitymys mcnowni

Type specimens:

• Microtus guildayi: CM 20333, a mandible (mandible dext. with m1-m2).
• Arvicola sigmodus:
• Arvicola speothen:
• Arvicola tetradelta:
• Microtus involutus:

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

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