Definition of Microtus

1. Noun. Voles of the northern hemisphere.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Microtus

Microsporum audouinii
Microsporum canis
Microsporum canis distortum
Microsporum ferrugineum
Microsporum fulvum
Microsporum gallinae
Microsporum gypseum
Microsporum nanum
Microsporum persicolor
Microsporum vanbreuseghemi
Microstomus
Microstomus kitt
Microstrobos
Microstrobos niphophilus
Microtrombidium
Microtus (current term)
Microtus ochrogaster
Microtus pennsylvaticus
Microtus richardsoni
Microviridae
Micruroides
Micruroides euryxanthus
Micrurus
Micrurus fulvius
Mid-Atlantic
Mid-Atlantic states
Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festivals
Mid-Lent Sunday
MidLent Sunday

Literary usage of Microtus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller (1912)
"Confined mainly to upper Sonoran zone. t*Microtus californicus ... Bottom of the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valle; in lower austral zone. t*Microtus ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1900)
"The species now known, with their type localities, follows: 1. Microtus ... Microtus albicauda Miller, North American Fauna, No. - 54. July 23, 1896. 8. ..."

3. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1900)
"Rocky Mountains, vicinity ol Jasper House, Alta. 3. Microtus ... Mr. Bailey subdivides the genus Microtus, which comprises in all seventy species, ..."

4. California Mammals by Frank Stephens (1906)
"Microtus californicus. CALIFORNIA MEADOW-MOUSE. Upper and Lower Austral, 5, 9, 10, n, ... Microtus edax. TULLE MEADOW-MOUSE. Lower Austral, 4. 112. Microtus ..."

5. British Mammals: An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"MOLAR TEETH OF SQUIRREL, RAT, AND WATER VOLE (Microtus) FOR COMPARISON. Twice natural size. pair of incisors in each jaw, are reduced to only three pairs of ..."

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