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SPECIES Microtus (See comments.) californicus

Author:Peale, 1848.
Citation:Mammalia in Repts. U.S. Expl. Surv., 8: 46.
Common Name:California Vole
Type Locality:USA, California, Santa Clara Co., vicinity of San Francisco Bay, San Francisquito Creek near Palo Alto (as fixed by Kellogg, 1918:5).
Distribution:Oak woodlands and grasslands of Pacific coast, from SW Oregon through California, USA, to N Baja California Norte, México.
Status:U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Vulnerable as M. c. mohavensis and M. c. scirpensis, Data Deficient as M. c. stephensi, Lower Risk (nt) as M. c. vallicola, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Broadly affiliated with other North American Microtus, but evidence for nearest specific relative contradictory (compare assessments of Anderson, 1959; Conroy and Cook, 2000a; Hooper and Hart, 1962; Moore and Janecek, 1990). Zagorodnyuk (1990) acknowledged enigmatic phyletic stature as sole member of californicus species group, subgenus Mynomes. Geographic races delineated by Kellogg (1918); Gill (1980) recorded instances of sterility in hybrids between M. c. californicus and M. c. stephensi.
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Synonyms:

    aequivocatus Osgood, 1928
    aestuarinus Kellogg, 1918
    constrictus Bailey, 1900
    edax (Le Conte, 1853)
    eximius Kellogg, 1918
    grinnelli Huey, 1931
    halophilus Von Bloeker, 1937
    hyperuthrus Elliot, 1903
    kernensis Kellogg, 1918
    mariposae Kellogg, 1918
    mohavensis Kellogg, 1918
    neglectus Kellogg, 1918
    paludicola Hatfield, 1935
    perplexabilis Grinnell, 1926
    sanctidiegi Kellogg, 1918
    sanpabloensis Thaeler, 1961
    scirpensis Bailey, 1900
    stephensi Von Bloeker, 1932
    trowbridgii (Baird, 1857)
    vallicola Bailey, 1898

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