Microtus pennsylvanicus (rodent)

Mass: 35.7 g based on Brochu et al. 1988 and Lindsay 1960

Abundance: 0.01 to 74.07% (median 1.13%)

Latitudinal range: 33.2° to 61.3°

Habitats: (23), boreal forest/taiga (4), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (7), temperate coniferous forest (1), temperate wetland (1)

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Found in 36 samples

Canada: Delta Waterfowl Research Station, Churchill (1952), Birds Hill (Plot 1, 1979), Prince Albert Model Forest, Bald Range (old growth), Charlie Lake Cave (Zone IV) (Holocene), Keffer (Midden 57, screened) (Holocene), Caverne de la Mine (lower infill) (Holocene), Caverne de la Mine (upper infill) (Holocene), LaBiche River Valley

United States: Fort Necessity National Battlefield, North of Madison, Upper Susitna River Basin, Glenn Dale, Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge, Durham County, MacIntyre Development (forest habitats), Ardis (Late Pleistocene), Crystal Ball Cave (Late Pleistocene), Welsh Cave (Late Pleistocene), Ripplemead (Late Pleistocene), Bat Cave (Late Pleistocene), King Leo Pit Cave (Late Pleistocene), Itasca Bison Site (Holocene), Guard (Holocene), Cole Gravel Pit (Holocene), Jones (Late Pleistocene), Prairie Creek (Zone D) (Late Pleistocene), Robinson Cave (Late Pleistocene), Meyer Cave (Holocene), Bootlegger Sink (Pleistocene - Holocene), Prairie Creek (Zone C) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Prairie Creek (Zone B) (Holocene), New Paris Sinkhole No. 4 (Late Pleistocene), Natural Chimneys (Late Pleistocene), Quitaque Creek (Late Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass33.4 gN = 55Brochu et al. 1988
♂ body mass40.0 gN = 33Brochu et al. 1988
body mass35.6 gN = 6Lindsay 1960
♀ condylobasal length25.16 mmN = 60Goin 1943
♂ condylobasal length25.68 mmN = 69Goin 1943
♀ ear length13.56 mmN = 60Goin 1943
♂ ear length13.94 mmN = 69Goin 1943
hind foot length19 mmN = 65Smith and Foster 1957
hind foot length19.5 mmN = 44Smith and Foster 1957
♀ hind foot length20.12 mmN = 60Goin 1943
♀ hind foot length19.5 mmN = 23Smith and Foster 1957
♂ hind foot length20.50 mmN = 69Goin 1943
♂ hind foot length19.5 mmN = 21Smith and Foster 1957
♀ skull length26.65 mmN = 60Goin 1943
♂ skull length27.21 mmN = 69Goin 1943
♀ skull width14.78 mmN = 60Goin 1943
♂ skull width15.04 mmN = 69Goin 1943
tail length37 mmN = 65Smith and Foster 1957
tail length40 mmN = 44Smith and Foster 1957
♀ tail length42.89 mmN = 60Goin 1943
♀ tail length40 mmN = 23Smith and Foster 1957
♂ tail length45.65 mmN = 69Goin 1943
♂ tail length39 mmN = 21Smith and Foster 1957
total body length147 mmN = 65Smith and Foster 1957
total body length157 mmN = 44Smith and Foster 1957
♀ total body length160.80 mmN = 60Goin 1943
♀ total body length160 mmN = 23Smith and Foster 1957
♂ total body length165.35 mmN = 69Goin 1943
♂ total body length154 mmN = 21Smith and Foster 1957
♀ upper tooth row length6.42 mmN = 60Goin 1943
♂ upper tooth row length6.46 mmN = 69Goin 1943

See also Microtus, Microtus agrestis, Microtus arvalidens, Microtus arvalinus, Microtus arvalis, Microtus arvalis-agrestis, Microtus arvaloides, Microtus atapuerquensis, Microtus brandtioides, Microtus brecciensis, Microtus cabrerae, Microtus californicus, Microtus chrotorrhinus, Microtus deucalion, Microtus duodecimcostatus, Microtus epiratticepoides, Microtus ex gr. huescarensis-brecciensis, Microtus gerbii, Microtus gr. multiplex-subterraneus, Microtus gregaloides, Microtus guentheri, Microtus hintoni, Microtus lavernedii, Microtus longicaudus, Microtus malei, Microtus mexicanus, Microtus miurus, Microtus montanus, Microtus multiplex, Microtus mystacinus, Microtus nutiensis, Microtus ochrogaster, Microtus oregoni, Microtus pinetorum, Microtus ruffoi, Microtus savii, Microtus socialis, Microtus sp., Microtus spp., Microtus subterraneus, Microtus xanthognathus