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Definition of Microtus
1. Noun. Voles of the northern hemisphere.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cricetidae, Family Cricetidae
Member holonyms: Meadow Mouse, Meadow Vole, Microtus Pennsylvaticus, Microtus Richardsoni, Richardson Vole, Water Vole, Microtus Ochrogaster, Prairie Vole
Lexicographical Neighbors of Microtus
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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