Microtus (rodent)

Abundance: 0.04 to 75.48% (median 4.94%)

Latitudinal range: 19.4° to 68.6°

Habitats: (137), Mediterranean woodland (2), boreal forest/taiga (11), desert/xeric shrubland (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (22), temperate coniferous forest (4), temperate savanna (5), temperate wetland (2), tropical/subtropical coniferous forest (1), tundra (2)

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Found in 188 samples

Canada: Delta Waterfowl Research Station, Kluane Lake, Gogama, Churchill (1952), Birds Hill (Plot 1, 1979), Prince Albert Model Forest, Bald Range (old growth), Old Crow River Loc. 11A (square S30E120) (Late Pleistocene), Charlie Lake Cave (Zone IV) (Holocene), Keffer (Midden 57, screened) (Holocene), Keffer (Midden 57, floated) (Holocene), Pender Canal Site (trench) (Holocene), Irving-Johnston (Holocene), Caverne de la Mine (lower infill) (Holocene), Caverne de la Mine (upper infill) (Holocene), LaBiche River Valley

China: Guanyinshan Nature Reserve, Dabeigou (Late Pleistocene)

Finland: Pallasjårvi

France: Boult-aux-Bois (2010), Pontarlier, Massereau, Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit II) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit III) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Units IV and V) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit VI) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit VII) (Middle Pleistocene), Romain-la-Roche (Middle Pleistocene), Lazaret (C II supérieur UA 13-17) (Middle Pleistocene)

Germany: Ahltener Wald (month 6), Grafrath, Kettig (Late Pleistocene)

Hungary: Gemenc

Iraq: Palegawra Cave (Late Pleistocene)

Israel: Qesem Cave (Concentration 1) (Middle Pleistocene), Qesem Cave (Concentration 2) (Middle Pleistocene), Tel Ro'im West (Late PPNB) (Holocene), Marj Rabba (Holocene), Revadim Quarry (Middle Pleistocene), Revadim Quarry Area B (Middle Pleistocene)

Italy: Monticchie Nature Reserve (woodland), Castagnone (Early Pleistocene), Rifreddo (Middle Pleistocene), Caverna degli Orsi (sondage A, Unit 10) (Late Pleistocene), Caverna degli Orsi (sondage A, Unit 10.1) (Late Pleistocene), Caverna degli Orsi (sondage A, Unit 10.2) (Late Pleistocene), Caverna degli Orsi (sondage A, Unit 11.1) (Late Pleistocene), Caverna degli Orsi (sondage A, Unit 11.2) (Late Pleistocene), Cava Muracci (Late Pleistocene), San Teodoro Cave (Unit B-I) (Late Pleistocene), San Teodoro Cave (Unit B-II) (Late Pleistocene), Poggetti Vecchi (Middle Pleistocene), Monte Argentario (Early Pleistocene)

Japan: Matsugae (Middle Pleistocene)

Kazakhstan: Pavlodar

Mexico: Cerro Potosí (Quadrat C), El Zurdo (Holocene), Cerro Portezuelo (Holocene)

Montenegro: Trlica (Bed 5) (Middle Pleistocene)

North Korea: Chongphadae Cave (Late Pleistocene)

Norway: Angedalen (spring), Angedalen (fall)

Poland: Zabia Cave (Layer 21) (Early Pleistocene), Borsuka Cave (Layer VII) (Late Pleistocene), Borsuka Cave (Layer VI) (Late Pleistocene), Borsuka Cave (Layer II) (Holocene), Zabia Cave (Layer 19) (Early Pleistocene), Zabia Cave (Layer 15) (Early Pleistocene), Zabia Cave (Layer 13) (Early Pleistocene), Zabia Cave (Layer 12) (Early Pleistocene), Zabia Cave (Layer 10) (Early Pleistocene)

Russia: Kuznetsovka (Middle Pleistocene), Svetly (layer 5) (Late Pleistocene), Malaya Gomsel'ga, Karasuk, Traktorosad No. 4 (garden), Traktorosad No. 4 (adjacent biotopes), Znamenskiy, Chusovoy, Bol'shoj Naryn (Paleosol Layers) (Late Pleistocene), Mezmaiskaya Cave (Layer 2A) (Late Pleistocene), Mezmaiskaya Cave (Layer 2B) (Late Pleistocene), Mezmaiskaya Cave (Layer 3) (Late Pleistocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 2) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 3) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 4) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 5) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 7) (Holocene), Khayrgas Cave - Layer 4 (1998–1999 pit) (Holocene), Khayrgas Cave - Layer 6 (1998–1999 pit) (Late Pleistocene), Novokhopersk-1 (Middle Pleistocene), Novokhopersk-2 (Middle Pleistocene), Chernyshevskaya-III Cave (layer 3) (Holocene), Mezmaiskaya Cave (Layer 2) (Late Pleistocene)

Spain: Sima del Elefante (TE19) (Middle Pleistocene), Sima del Elefante (TE18) (Middle Pleistocene), Cueva Millan (Nivel 8I-1a) (Late Pleistocene), Huéscar 1 (Middle Pleistocene), El Cierro Cave (Level C/D) (Late Pleistocene), El Cierro Cave (Level D) (Late Pleistocene), Punta Lucero III (Level F) (Holocene)

Syria: Yahmool Agricultural Research Station

Turkey: Dicle University Campus, Golbasi (Middle Pleistocene)

Ukraine: Grot Skeliastyi (III-3B) (Late Pleistocene), Grot Skeliastyi (III-3) (Late Pleistocene), Grot Skeliastyi (III-3A) (Late Pleistocene), Grot Skeliastyi (III-3-x) (Late Pleistocene), Grot Skeliastyi (III-1) (Holocene)

United Kingdom: Gorham's Cave (Level III) (Late Pleistocene), Gorham's Cave (Level IV) (Late Pleistocene)

United States: North of Stillwater (heavily grazed grassland, March), Trelease Woods (autumn 1938, plot UU), Seymour (1939, Plot A), Sierra National Forest (pitfall traps), H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Elkol-Sorenson Mine (1980), Elkol-Sorenson Mine (1981), Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Agiak Lake, North of Madison, Toolik Lake, Upper Susitna River Basin, Memphis, Glenn Dale, Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge, Durham County, MacIntyre Development (forest habitats), Grand Marais, Kemper County, Suffolk, Hopland Research and Extension Center (chaparral), Hopland Research and Extension Center (woodland-grass), Ardis (Late Pleistocene), Zesch Cave (Late Pleistocene), Crystal Ball Cave (Late Pleistocene), Welsh Cave (Late Pleistocene), Silver Creek (Late Pleistocene), Vess Cave (Late Pleistocene), Papago Springs Cave (Late Pleistocene), Haystack Cave (upper levels) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Haystack Cave (lower levels) (Late Pleistocene), Harrodsburg Crevice (Late Pleistocene), Ripplemead (Late Pleistocene), Bat Cave (Late Pleistocene), King Leo Pit Cave (Late Pleistocene), CA-SLO-585 (Locus 6A, Early-Middle Holocene) (Holocene), Bluegrass (macro) (Holocene), Bluegrass (micro) (Holocene), Dust Cave (Zones T and U) (Holocene), North Creek Shelter (Paleoarchaic) (Holocene), North Creek Shelter (Early Archaic) (Holocene), Hulme Site (Holocene), McIntosh (Holocene), Taddlock (Holocene), Watson Brake (6.4 mm fraction) (Holocene), Mosquito Willie (Holocene), Mykut Rockshelter (Holocene), Dead Indian Creek (Holocene), Itasca Bison Site (Holocene), Guard (Holocene), Cole Gravel Pit (Holocene), Scovill (Holocene), Camels Back Cave (Stratum I) (Holocene), Pacific City (Late Pleistocene), Jones (Late Pleistocene), Hosterman's Pit (Holocene), 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), Kathy's Pit (Pleistocene - Holocene), Mescal Cave (Pleistocene - Holocene), Pintwater Cave (Unit 3, level 8) (Late Pleistocene), Sunshine Locality (Unit C) (Holocene), Sunshine Locality (Unit D) (Holocene), Sunshine Locality (Unit E) (Late Pleistocene), Smith Creek Canyon (Reddish-brown Silt) (Late Pleistocene), Schulze Cave (layer C1) (Late Pleistocene), Schulze Cave (layer C2) (Late Pleistocene), New Paris Sinkhole No. 4 (Late Pleistocene), Natural Chimneys (Late Pleistocene), Box Elder Creek (Holocene), Marmes Rockshelter (Harrison horizon) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Marmes Rockshelter (Marmes horizon) (Holocene), Marmes Rockshelter (A6–16 horizon) (Late Pleistocene)

See also 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 pennsylvanicus, Microtus pinetorum, Microtus ruffoi, Microtus savii, Microtus socialis, Microtus sp., Microtus spp., Microtus subterraneus, Microtus xanthognathus