Microtus umbrosus Merriam, 1898

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 : 531

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scientific name	Microtus umbrosus Merriam, 1898
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Microtus umbrosus Merriam, 1898 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 12:107.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Oaxaca, Mt. Zempoaltepec, 8200 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Mt. Zempoaltepec.

COMMENTS: Type species and sole member of Orthriomys , a taxon typically identified as a subgenus of Microtus ( Anderson, 1959; Bailey, 1900; Hall and Cockrum, 1953; Zagorodnyuk, 1990). Martin (1974:61) suggested that this species "may eventually" be included in Neodon .