EVOTOMYS. 229 



Genus 80. Evotomys. Red-backed Voles. 



Evotomys Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1874, p. 186. Type 

 Mus rutilus Pallas. 



544. Evotomys rutilus (Pallas). 



Mus rutilus Pall., Nov. Sp. Quad. Glir., 1778, p. 246, pi. xiv, B. 

 Evotomys ntiilus Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 



1901, p. 170. Zool. Ser. 

 RUFOUS RED-BACKED VOLE. 



Type locality. Siberia, east of the Obi. 



Geogr. Distr. Arctic regions of America, Europe, and Siberia. 



545. Evotomys wrangeli Bailey. 



Evotomys wrangeli Bailey, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xi, 1897, p. 



120. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n,_ 1901, 



p. 171. Zool. Ser. 

 WRANGEL RED-BACKED VOLE. 



Type locality. Wrangel, Wrangel Island, Alaska. 



Geogr. Distr. ' Wrangel and Revillagigedo Islands, Alaska. 



546. Evotomys caurinus Bailey. 



Evotomys caurinus Bailey, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xn, 1898, p. 

 21. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 1901, p. 

 171. Zool. Ser. 

 NORTHWESTERN RED-BACKED VOLE. 



Type locality. Lund, east shore of Malaspina Inlet, British Colum- 

 bia, Canada. 



Geogr. Distr. Coast region of British Columbia east of the Strait 

 of Georgia, and south of the Frazer River, Canada. 



547. Evotomys dawsoni Merriam. 



Evotomys dawsoni Merr., Amer. Nat., xxn, 1888, p. 650. Elliot, 

 Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 1901, p. 172. Zool. 

 Ser. 

 DAWSON'S RED-BACKED VOLE. 



Type locality. Finlayson River, Northwest Territory, lat. 61 30' 

 N., long. 129 30' West. Altitude, 3,000. feet. 



Geogr. Distr. Finlayson River and Fort Liard, west to Yakutak 

 and Juneau, and north along the coast to Prince William Sound. 



a. Erotoiinjs dawsoiii alasoensis (Miller). 



Evotomys alascensis Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1898, 

 p. 364, fig. 2. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 n, 1901, p. 177. Zool. Ser. 



