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Definition of Genus phenacomys
1. Noun. North American voles.
Group relationships: Cricetidae, Family Cricetidae
Member holonyms: Phenacomys
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Phenacomys
Literary usage of Genus phenacomys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its Relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon by Roy Ernest Dickerson (1915)
"Notes description of genus Phenacomys by CH Mer- riam, and lists six forms;
contains note on origin and distribution (p. 15= p. 31 original). 1899. ..."
2. The Barnacles (Cirripedia) Contained in the Collections of the U.S. National by Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1907)
"Original number-is:-!;"). Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect, except
for injury io posterior end of palate. Genus PHENACOMYS. ..."
3. The Mammals of Colorado: An Account of the Several Species Found Within the by Edward Royal Warren (1910)
"Genus PHENACOMYS (Grk. phenax, an impostor, false, + mus, mouse, false mouse, in
allusion to the fact that, deceived by external appearances, ..."
4. A Synopsis of the Mammals of North America and Adjacent Seas by Daniel Giraud Elliot (1901)
"GS Miller, Synopsis of the Voles of the genus phenacomys, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Wash., 1897, pp. 73-87. Phenacomys. Merr. N. Am. Faun., N0. 2, 1889, p. 28. ..."
5. California Mammals by Frank Stephens (1906)
"genus phenacomys MERRIAM. (Cheat—mouse.) Skull strong and angular ; molars of
young animals rootless, those of adults rooted, strong, with sharp outer ..."
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