Microtus guatemalensis

C. H. Merriam, 1898

Guatemalan Vole

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Tribe : Microtini
Genus : Microtus
Subgenus : Pitymys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1898-04-30. Descriptions of two new subgenera and three new species of Microtus from Mexico and Guatemala. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 12:105-108.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263618

Original name as described

Microtus guatemalensis

Type material

USNM:MAMM:76777

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33f4cfbc9-c4ba-41bb-a75c-ef00b39434f4

Type locality

Todos Santos, 10,000 ft (= 3048 m), Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002070

Country distribution map

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