Microtus montanus nevadensis Bailey, 1898
Ash Meadows (montane) vole, Amargosa vole
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1933 (21 May or later)
Distribution
Ash Meadows, Nevada, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
http://arctos.database.museum/SpecimenResultsHTML.cfm?&anyTaxId=10014700
30 known museum specimens (Manning & Heaney, 2016).
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Bailey, V. (1898). Descriptions of eleven new species and subspecies of voles. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 12: 85-90.
Other references:
Bailey, V. (1900). Revision of American voles of the genus Microtus. North American Fauna, Number 17: 1-88.
Hall, E. R. (1935). Nevadan races of the Microtus montanus group of meadow mice. University of California Publications in Zoology 40(12): 417-428.
Hall, E. R. (1946). Mammals of Nevada. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Manning, Richard W. and Heaney, Martin R. (2016). Non-volant Mammals of Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada, pp. 67-95. In: Manning, Richard W., Goetze, Jim R. and Yancey, Franklin D. II (eds.). Contributions in Natural History: A Memorial Volume in Honor of Clyde Jones. Special Publications, Museum of Texas Tech University, No. 65: 1-273.
Norment, C. (2014). Relicts of a Beautiful Sea: Survival, Extinction, and Conservation in a Desert World. The University of North Carolina Press. [unsuccessfully searched for the subspecies in 2012]
Sada, Don W. (1990). Recovery plan for the endangered and threatened species of Ash Meadows, Nevada. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon. 123 pp. [Also available from here]
Sera, Wendy E. and Early, Cathleen N. (2003). Microtus montanus. Mammalian Species 716: 1-10, 3 figs.
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/16339/microtus-montanus-nevadensis-ashmeadowsmont-vole