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Phenacomys intermedius (western heather vole)
Taxonomy
Phenacomys intermedius was named by Merriam (1889). It is extant.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1889 | Phenacomys intermedius Merriam |
| 1975 | Propliophenacomys uptegrovensis Martin |
| 1980 | Phenacomys intermedius Kurten and Anderson p. 258 |
| 2004 | Phenacomys intermedius Storer p. 153 |
| 2006 | Phenacomys intermedius Galewski et al. |
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Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889 [western heather vole]
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Invalid names: Propliophenacomys uptegrovensis Martin 1975 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| Merriam 1889 | Size rather small; tail slender, cylindrical; ears moderate, thin, protuding slightly beyond fur, well haired on both sides; roots rather near together; antiragus small, about as high as long; hind foot more slender than in P. celatus; whiskers long and stiff; pelage deep, full and soft. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.40000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (24 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Canada (Yukon) | Phenacomys intermedius (74472) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Colorado) | Phenacomys intermedius (20410) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Phenacomys intermedius (20352) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (New Mexico) | Phenacomys intermedius (20514) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Colorado) | Phenacomys intermedius (74954) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Phenacomys intermedius (20635) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Utah) | Phenacomys intermedius (20641) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Tennessee) | Phenacomys intermedius (82890) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Phenacomys intermedius (93332 123868 124198 124199) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (Nebraska) | Phenacomys intermedius (93179) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Phenacomys intermedius (82258 103991 104697 104758 124089) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Ohio) | Phenacomys intermedius (93334) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Canada (Alberta) | Phenacomys intermedius (93528) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Washington) | Phenacomys intermedius (20631) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Phenacomys intermedius (104034 104035) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Tennessee) | Phenacomys intermedius (124226) |