Microtus abbreviatus Miller, 1899

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 518

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Microtus abbreviatus Miller, 1899 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 13: 13.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, Alaska, Bering Sea, Hall Island .

DISTRIBUTION: Hall and St. Matthew Islands, Bering Sea (Alaska, USA).

SYNONYMS: fisheri.

COMMENTS: An insular relative of M. miurus of the Alaskan mainland, generally retained as a species ( Fedyk, 1970; Rausch and Rausch, 1968). Karyotype reported by Rausch and Rausch (1968) and chromosomal affinities within subgenus Stenocranius discussed by Fedyk (1970). Also see accounts of M. gregalis and M. miurus .