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Discriminant analysis of landmark data to identify species of Microtus on the Great Plains of North America
     
by Steven C. Wallace, (at the time, Department of Geology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA)

now Department of Geosciences, P.O. Box 70357, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614-1709
 
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The Question

Was Microtus montanus present at the Jones l.f. during the late Pleistocene as Davis (1987) suggested?

Why is this important?
- M. montanus is a montane species that is not found in Meade County, Kansas today (Map 1).
  - M. montanus is a species with m1s that are indistinguishable from other five closed-triangle species of Microtus.

Ref:

Wallace, S.C., 2001, Confirmation of Microtus montanus (mountain vole) from the late- Wisconsinan Jones Local Fauna, Meade Co., Kansas: Current Research in the Pleistocene, v. 18, p. 117-119.

This page last updated October 8, 2001 scw

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