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--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Arvicolinae
--> GENUS Phenacomys
SPECIES Phenacomys ungava
| Author: | Merriam, 1889. | | Citation: | N. Am. Fauna, 2: 35. | | Common Name: | Eastern Heather Vole | | Type Locality: | Canada, Quebec Prov., Fort Chimo, near Ungava Bay. | | Distribution: | S Yukon across much of Canada to E Labrador; southwards skirting the E Rocky Mountains to S Alberta, along the N Great Lakes and lower St. Lawrence River, SE Quebec. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | See remarks under P. intermedius and McAllister and Hoffmann (1988) on proper usage of ungava for this form. Distributional limits in late Pleistocene much farther south, as far as N Arkansas, C Tennessee, and Virginia (Graham and Lundelius, 1994). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
celatus Merriam, 1889
crassus Bangs, 1900
latimanus Merriam, 1889
mackenzii Preble, 1902
soperi Anderson, 1942
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