Microtus ochrogaster (Wagner, 1842)

Braun, Janet K., Mares, Michael A., Coyner, Brandi S. & Loucks, Lynda S., 2020, New Records Of Mammals From Oklahoma, Occasional Papers of the Museum 364, pp. 1-24 : 13

Microtus ochrogaster (Wagner, 1842)

Prairie Vole

Microtus ochrogaster were reported from only 15 counties in central and northeastern Oklahoma by Caire et al. (1989). New specimen county records have been reported subsequently from an additional 23 counties: Texas County (Reed and Choate 1989); Comanche County ( Choate 1989); Beaver County ( Dalquest et al. 1990); Washita County ( Clark and Tumlison 1992); Caddo County (Smith 1992); Kiowa County (Smith 1996); Cimarron County (McCaffrey et al. 2003); and Alfalfa, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grady, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Jackson, Jefferson, Kay, Major, Ottawa, and Tillman counties ( McDonald et al. 2006). New county records are reported for Grant, Woods, and Woodward counties.

Specimen records (15). —Grant County (1): 3.7 km N, 12.9 km W Renfrow, 1 (MSB 291699). Woods County (13):Alva, 10 (FHSM 6819–6828); canyon, 4.8 km W Alva, 1 (FHSM 6816); prairie, 4.8 km W Alva, 2 (FHSM 6817–6818). Woodward County (1): 11.3 km S, 11.3 km W Freedom, Selman Living Laboratory, 1 (UCOCV-MAM 7240).