Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Belongs to Microtus (Pedomys) according to C. W. Hibbard 1944
See also Dalquest and Carpenter 1988, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Martin 1974, Martin 1995, Morgan and White 1995, Pfaff 1990 and Repenning 1992
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 richardsoni, Microtus rossiaemeridionalis, Microtus umbrosus, Microtus xanthognathus, Pitymys nemoralis, Pitymys cumberlandensis, Pitymys aratai, Pitymys mcnowni, Pitymys parvulus
Type specimen: KUMVP 6626, a mandible (part of left ramus bearing M1-M2 of an old adult). Its type locality is Cudahy, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial ash in the Crooked Creek Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Cudahy
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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