MCZ Mammalogy 54372

Microtus pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus (Ord, 1815)

Holotype of Arvicola rufidorsum

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1972-09-01

North America: United States: Massachusetts: Dukes: Marthas Vineyard | Holmes Hole

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:54372 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Microtus pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus (Ord, 1815)
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Cricetidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: Catalog
Previous Identification
Arvicola rufidorsum Baird, 1858
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Cricetidae
Determiner: Spencer Fullerton Bairdlinked data icon on 1858-07-14
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: ID Date is date of publication

Baird 1857, page 526, Holotype of Arvicola rufidorsum Baird, 1858
Media type: text; Baird 1857 Description: Repts. Explor. Surveys Railr. to Pacific Vol. XIII;

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Shows Publication: Baird 1857 Description: Repts. Explor. Surveys Railr. to Pacific Vol. XIII

  • additional number: USNM 901
  • previous number: BSNH1949

Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
skull (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: skin; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-10-26
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-09-21   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
sex unknown [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
age class other [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-10-26

  • None

  • Holotype Arvicola rufidorsum Baird, 1858

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
  • County:
  • Dukes
  • Island:
  • Marthas Vineyard
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7014010 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Holmes Hole
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Mass.: Holmes Hole
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1972-09-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Collecting date previously null, upper range derived from date of specimen/lot donation to MCZ
  • Collector:
  • Wyman, DJ

  • None

Media type: text; Mammalogy 54331; 54332; 54333; 54334; 54335; 54336; 54337; 54338; 54339; 54340; 54341; 54342; 54343; 54344; 54345; 54346; 54347; 54348; 54349; 54350; 54351; 54352; 54353; 54354; 54355; 54356; 54357; 54358; 54359; 54360; 54361; 54362; 54363; 54364; 54365; 54366; 54367; 54368; 54369; 54370; 54371; 54372; 54373; 54374; 54375; 54376; 54377; 54378; 54379; 54380 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 052331-060025, pg.41;

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Ledger Entry for: 50 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:54331 Myotis sodalis to MCZ:Mamm:54380...

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