Back تاونسندس فول ARZ Tovukol (Microtus townsendii) AVK Microtus townsendii Bulgarian Talpó de Townsend Catalan Microtus townsendii CEB Microtus townsendii Spanish Microtus townsendii Basque Microtus townsendii French 타운센드밭쥐 Korean Townsendwoelmuis Dutch
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Microtus |
| Subgenus: | Pitymys |
| Species: | M. townsendii
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| Microtus townsendii | |
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Townsend's vole (Microtus townsendii) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, the sister species of M. canicaudus.[3] It is found in temperate grasslands of British Columbia in Canada and in the states of Washington and Oregon in the United States.[1][4]
Greek root words for "small ear" are the source for the genus name Microtus.[4] American naturalist and writer John Kirk Townsend collected the type specimen in 1835, which accounts for the second part of the name.[5][6]
- ^ a b Linzey, A.V. & Hammerson, G. (NatureServe) (2008). "Microtus townsendii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 2014-10-25.
- ^ Bachman 1839.
- ^ a b Wilson & Reeder 2005.
- ^ a b Microtus townsendii Townsend's Vole. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
- ^ Cornely & Verts 1988, pp. 1–9.
- ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 416. ISBN 978-0801893049. OCLC 270129903.