The Heather Vole, Genus Phenacomys, in Alaska

Authors

  • S. O. MacDonald P.O. Box 58, Gila, New Mexico 88038-0058
  • Amy M. Runck Biological Sciences Department, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83209-8007
  • Joseph A. Cook Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v118i3.18

Keywords:

Heather vole, Phenacomys sp., Southeast Alaska

Abstract

Four specimens of heather vole (genus Phenacomys) collected in the coastal mountains of Southeast Alaska document the first Recent records of this vole in Alaska. Alternative hypotheses on the relationship of these newly-discovered populations to extant and historical populations are outlined, and additional studies proposed.

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Vol. 118 No. 3 (2004)

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