Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889
Creators: name: Musser, Guy G.
name: Carleton, Michael D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Phenacomys
Phenacomys intermedius

description: <i>Phenacomys intermedius</i> Merriam, 1889. N. Am. Fauna, 2:32. TYPE LOCALITY: Canada, British Columbia Prov., 20 mi NNW Kamloops. DISTRIBUTION: SW British Columbia and adjacent Alberta, Canada, south to N New Mexico, C Utah, and N California, USA; disjunct populations in EC California and W Nevada, USA. SYNONYMS: <i>celsus, constablei, laingi, levis, olympicus, oramontis, orophilus, preblei, pumilus, truei.</i> COMMENTS: Howell (1926b) originally recognized three species <i>(intermedius, mackenzii,</i> and <i>ungava)</i> of heather voles, later reduced to two <i>(intermedius</i> and <i>ungava</i> including <i>mackenzii)</i> by Anderson (1942a, 1947). Crowe (1943) further lumped all under <i>intermedius</i> based on suspected intergrades from SW Alberta, and the recognition of a single species has been generally followed (e.g., Banfield, 1974; Corbet and Hill, 1991; Hall and Cockrum, 1953) but not exclusively (Cowan and Guiguet, 1965; Peterson, 1966a). Foster and Peterson (1961) questioned Crowe's appreciation of ageeffects in his identification of the alledged intergrades between <i>intermedius</i> and <i>ungava. As</i> remarked by Cowan and Guiguet (1965), the matter of their synonymy "requires more detailed examination before a decision can be reached," an appraisal which stands equally valid today. See McAllister and Hoffmann (1988, Mammalian Species, 305, including <i>ungava).</i>
description: Published as part of <i>Guy G. Musser &amp; Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press</i> on page 533, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098
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