Western meadow vole

Western meadow vole
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Microtus
Subgenus: Pitymys
Species:
M. drummondii
Binomial name
Microtus drummondii
(Audubon & Bachman, 1854)
Synonyms

Microtus pennsylvanicus drummondii

The western meadow vole (Microtus drummondii) is a species of North American vole found in western North America, the midwestern United States, western Ontario, Canada, and formerly in Mexico. It was previously considered conspecific with the eastern meadow vole (M. pennsylvanicus), but genetic studies indicate that it is a distinct species.[1][2] It is sometimes called the field mouse or meadow mouse, although these common names can also refer to other species.

  1. ^ "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  2. ^ Jackson, Donavan J; Cook, Joseph A (2020-02-21). "A precarious future for distinctive peripheral populations of meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus)". Journal of Mammalogy. 101 (1): 36–51. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyz196. ISSN 0022-2372.