LONG-TAILED VOLE, Microtus longicaudus 



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Range. — Western North America from soutli- 

 easteni Alaska to Arizona and New Mexico. 



Habitat. — Usually in dry, grassy situations, 

 sometimes far from water. 



Races in Alaska. — ^Two subspecies occur in 

 Alaska: littoral i.^ (type locality: Shakan, Pi-ince 

 of Wales Island) occupies the mainland coast and 

 most islands of southeastern Alaska from Yakutat 

 southward; vellerosus has been recorded from 

 Circle, Skagway, the Chitina Eiver Glacier, and 

 the north side of the Salcha Eiver, southeast of 

 Fairbanks. 



Related Species. — The insular species, Microtus 

 coronarius (type locality: Egg Harbor, Corona- 

 tion Island), is known only from Coronation, 

 Forrester, and Warren Islands, in extreme south- 

 eastern Alaska. 



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