Microtus richardsoni
(De Kay, 1842)
North American Water Vole
Distribution :
Wet subalpine and alpine meadows of Rocky Mountains, from S British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, to W Wyoming and C Utah, USA; and of Cascade Mountains, from SW British Columbia south through WC Oregon.
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2488
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Cricetidae |
| Subfamily | : Arvicolinae |
| Tribe | : Arvicolini |
| Genus | : Microtus |
| Subgenus | : Mynomes |
Species status
Authority citation
De Kay, J.E. 1842. Zoology of New-York, or the New-York fauna. Part I. Mammalia. W. & A. White & J. Visscher, New York, 146 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003546Original name as described
Arvicola richardsoni
Other common names
Richardson's Meadow Vole · Richardson's Vole · Richardson's Water Vole
Type locality
"near the foot of the Rocky Mountains." Restricted by V. Bailey in 1900 to "vicinity of Jasper House, Alberta, " Canada.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Canada · United States
Subregion distribution
USA(ID, OR, UT, MT, WY, WA)
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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Names and synonyms
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