MEADOW MOUSE 



Cape Mendocino Meadow Mouse. — Microtus calif ornicus con- 

 strict iis Bailey. 

 Size slightly smaller than typical californicus; color duller. 

 Upperparts from buckthorn-brown to ochraceous tawny, 

 sprinkled with blackish hairs; underparts grayish, rest of 

 pelage about as in typical californicus. Total length, 

 6.8 inches; tail vertebras, 2 inches; hind foot, .84 inch. 

 Found in "Northwest coast of California in vicinity of 

 Cape Mendocino, Humboldt County, from Capetown 

 north to Eureka and interiorly to Fair Oaks and Cudde- 

 back. Vertical range from sea level up at least to 1000 

 feet; zonal range Transition." (Kellogg) 



Sanhedrin Meadow Mouse. — Microtus californicus eximius R. 

 Kellogg. 

 Distinguished from typical californicus chiefly by cranial 

 characters; color about as in typical californicus, except 

 that tail is dark fuscous black above instead of dark brown. 

 Total length, ^.2 inches; tail vertebras, 2 inches; hind foot, 

 .88 inch. Found in "Northwestern California (excepting 

 a narrow coastal strip from Cape Mendocino north to 

 Oregon line), and south-central Oregon; from Olema, 

 Marin County, California, east to Rumsey, Yolo County, 

 and north to Drain, in the Umpqua River Valley, Oregon. 

 Vertical range from sea level up to 7500 feet; zonal range 

 Upper Sonoran and Transition." (Kellogg) 



Tule Meadow Mouse. — Microtus californicus csstuarinus- R. 

 Kellogg._ 

 Large in size, dark in color. Upperparts near cinnamon- 

 buff sprinkled with black; lighter on sides and rump due 

 to absence of black hairs; lips whitish; nose dark; tail 

 bicolor, blackish and gray; feet dark brown; underparts 

 grayish. Total length, 8 inches; tail vertebras, 2.4 inches; 

 hind foot, .96 inch. Found in "San Joaquin and Sacra- 

 mento River valleys, from Tulare Lake, Kings County, 

 north to Chico, Butte County, and east to near Gait, in 

 San Joaquin County; also west along north side of San 

 Francisco Bay to Bolinas, Marin County. Vertical range 

 from sea level up to hardly 500 feet ; zonal range Lower and 

 Upper Sonoran." (Kellogg) 



Mariposa Meadow Mouse. — Microtus californicus mariposcB 

 R. Kellogg. 

 Size large, color warm brown. Upperparts tawny olive or 

 pinkish buff sprinkled with blackish: sides and rump with 

 less black than back; feet gray; tail bicolor, blackish and 

 gray; underparts gray. Total length, 8 inches; tail verte- 

 bras, 2.4 inches; hind foot, .96 inch. Found in "Western 

 foothill region of Siena Nevada, from Minkler, Fresno 

 County, north to Dutch Flat, Placer County. Vertical 

 range from 200 feet up to at least 3800 feet; zonal range 

 Upper Sonoran and Transition." (Kellogg) 



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