Geographic Variation in Red-Backed Mice (Genus Clethrionomys) of the Southern Rocky Mountain Region
Geographic Variation in Red-Backed Mice (Genus Clethrionomys) of the Southern Rocky Mountain Region
By E. Lendell Cockrum
23 Nov, 2018
In the course of the preparation of a synopsis of the North American terrestrial microtines by one of us (Cockrum), and the completion of a Master's thesis on the geographical variation of the red-backed mice of Wyoming by the other (Fitch) we had oc
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In the course of the preparation of a synopsis of the North American terrestrial microtines by one of us (Cockrum), and the completion of a Master's thesis on the geographical variation of the red-backed mice of Wyoming by the other (Fitch) we had occasion to study the red-backed mice of the southern Rocky Mountain region (see figure 1). Results of these studies are the recognition of two heretofore unnamed subspecies of the red-backed mouse in the southern Rocky Mountain region, and a clarification of the taxonomic status of two additional kinds. Less