Roadless Areas
Home/Species/ Mogollon Vole

Microtus mogollonensis

(Mearns, 1890)

Mogollon Vole

G5Secure Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.102583
Element CodeAMAFF11210
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassMammalia
OrderRodentia
FamilyCricetidae
GenusMicrotus
Concept Reference
Crawford, D. L., J. W. Dragoo, F. A. Smith, and A. N. Chavez. 2011. Diversification within the Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus) and the role of post-Pleistocene climate change. Western North American Naturalist 71(2):176-194.
Taxonomic Comments
Microtus mogollonensis has been formerly included in M. mexicanus, which is here restricted to Mexico following Crawford et al. (2011) and the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM 2025).

USFWS (2017) have removed the entry for the Hualapai Mexican vole (Microtus mogollonensis hualpaiensis) from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife due to recent data indicating that the original classification is now erroneous and this is not a valid taxonomic entity.
Conservation Status
Review Date2005-02-23
Change Date2005-02-23
Edition Date2000-02-09
Edition AuthorsHammerson, G.
Range Extent20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences21 - 80
Range Extent Comments
Plateaus and mountains of Arizona, Colorado, Texas, Utah, and New Mexico. Most of range is in Arizona and New Mexico (Frey and LaRue 1993).
Occurrences Comments
Frey and LaRue (1993) mapped about 30 disjunct areas known to be occupied by this vole.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Mountain meadows, grassy open places in pine, mixed pine- fir-oak, or pinyon-juniper woodland; usually in dry habitat; also grass/sedge along spring or seep. When inactive, occupies nest in clump of vegetation, under log, in depression on ground, or underground. Young are born in a grass nest.

Reproduction

Probably at least 2 or more breeding periods occur each season. In Arizona, pregnant females were trapped during all seasons but not every winter; breeding was not in evidence in the presence of snow cover (Hilton, 1992, J. Mamm. 73:586-590). Litter size, based on embryo counts, is 1-6, averages 2-3 (Hoffmeister 1986).
Terrestrial Habitats
Woodland - ConiferWoodland - MixedGrassland/herbaceous
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN5
ProvinceRankNative
TexasSNRYes
UtahSHYes
ColoradoS3Yes
Navajo NationS1Yes
ArizonaS3Yes
Roadless Areas (2)
New Mexico (2)
AreaForestAcres
Elk MountainGila National Forest6,550
Ryan HillCibola National Forest34,201
References (33)
  1. American Society of Mammalogists (ASM). 2025. Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.13) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10595931. Online. Available: https://www.mammaldiversity.org/
  2. Baker, R. J., L. C. Bradley, R. D. Bradley, J. W. Dragoo, M. D. Engstrom, R. S. Hoffman, C. A. Jones, F. Reid, D. W. Rice, and C. Jones. 2003a. Revised checklist of North American mammals north of Mexico, 2003. Museum of Texas Tech University Occasional Papers 229:1-23.
  3. Banks, E. M., R. J. Brooks, and J. Schnell. 1975. A radiotracking study of home range and activity of the brown lemming (<i>Lemmus trimucronatus</i>). Journal of Mammalogy 56:888-901.
  4. Bowman, J. C., M. Edwards, L. S. Sheppard, and G. J. Forbes. 1999. Record distance for a non-homing movement by a deer mouse, <i>Peromyscus maniculatus</i>. Canadian Field-Naturalist 113:292-293.
  5. Brooks, R. J., and E. M. Banks. 1971. Radio-tracking study of lemming home range. Communications in Behavioral Biology 6:1-5.
  6. Castleberry, S., B., T. L. King, P. B. Wood, and W. M. Ford. 2002. Microsatellite DNA analysis of population structure in Allegheny woodrats (<i>Neotoma magister</i>). Journal of Mammalogy 83:1058-1070.
  7. Conroy, C. J., and J. A. Cook. 2000. Molecular systematics of a Holarctic rodent (<i>Microtus</i>: Muridae). Journal of Mammalogy 81:344-359.
  8. Crawford, D. L., J. W. Dragoo, F. A. Smith, and A. N. Chavez. 2011. Diversification within the Mexican vole (<i>Microtus mexicanus</i>) and the role of post-Pleistocene climate change. Western North American Naturalist 71(2):176-194.
  9. Davis, R., and J. R. Callahan. 1992. Post-Pleistocene dispersal in the Mexican vole (<i>Microtus mexicanus</i>): an example of an apparent trend in the distribution of southwestern mammals. Great Basin Nat. 52:262-268.
  10. Douglass, R. J. 1977. Population dynamics, home ranges, and habitat associations of the yellow-cheeked vole, <i>Microtus xanthognathus</i>, in the Northwest Territories. Canadian Field-Naturalist 91:237-47.
  11. Frey, J. K., and C. T. LaRue. 1993. Notes on the distribution of the Mogollon vole (<i>Microtus mogollonensis</i>) in New Mexico and Arizona. Southwestern Naturalist 38:176-178.
  12. Frey, J. K., and D. W. Moore. 1990. Nongeographic variation in the Mexican vole (<i>Microtus mexicanus</i>). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 93:97-109.
  13. Garland, T., Jr. and W. G. Bradley. 1984. Effects of a highway on Mojave Desert rodent populations. American Midland Naturalist 111:47-56.
  14. Hall, E. R. 1981a. The Mammals of North America, second edition. Vols. I &amp; II. John Wiley &amp; Sons, New York, New York. 1181 pp.
  15. Hoffmeister, D. F. 1986. Mammals of Arizona. University of Arizona Press and Arizona Game and Fish Department. 602 pp.
  16. Jike, L., G. O. Batzli, L. L. Geta. 1988. Home ranges of prairie voles as determined by radiotracking and by powdertracking. Journal of Mammalogy 69:183-186.
  17. Jones, J. K., Jr., R. S. Hoffman, D. W. Rice, C. Jones, R. J. Baker, and M. D. Engstrom. 1992a. Revised checklist of North American mammals north of Mexico, 1991. Occasional Papers, The Museum, Texas Tech University, 146:1-23.
  18. Krohne, D. T., and G. A. Hoch. 1999. Demography of <i>Peromyscus leucopus</i> populations on habitat patches: the role of dispersal. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77:1247-1253.
  19. MacMillen, R. E. 1964. Population ecology, water relations and social behavior of a southern California semidesert rodent fauna. University of California Publications in Zoology 71:1-59.
  20. Maier, T. J. 2002. Long-distance movements by female white-footed mice, <i>Peromyscus leucopus</i>, in extensive mixed-wood forest. Canadian Field-Naturalist 116:108-111.
  21. Moore, D. W., and L. L. Janecek. 1990. Genic relationships among North American <i>Microtus </i>(Mammalia: Rodentia). Ann. Carnegie Mus. 59:249-259.
  22. Oxley, D. J., M. B. Fenton and G. R. Carmody. 1974. The effects of roads on populations of small mammals. Journal of Applied Ecology 11: 51-59.
  23. Rehmeier, R. L., G. A. Kaufman, and D. W. Kaufman. 2004. Long-distance movements of the deer mouse in tallgrass prairie. Journal of Mammalogy 85:562-568.
  24. Schmidly, D. J. 1977. The mammals of Trans-Pecos Texas including Big Bend National Park and Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Texas A & M University Press, College Station.
  25. Smith, M. H. 1965. Dispersal capacity of the dusky-footed wood rat, <i>Neotoma fuscipes</i>. American Midland Naturalist 74:457-463.
  26. Storer, T. I., F. C. Evans, and F. G. Palmer. 1944. Some rodent populations in the Sierra Nevada of California. Ecological Monographs 14:166-192.
  27. Tamarin, R. H., editor. 1985. Biology of New World <i>Microtus</i>. American Soc. Mamm. Special Publication (8):1-893.
  28. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 1 October 1987. Determination of endangered status for the Hualapai vole. Federal Register 52:36776-36780.
  29. Wilhelm, D. D. 1982. Zoogeographic and evolutionary relationships of selected populations of <i>Microtus mexicanus</i>. The Museum, Texas Tech Univ., Occas. Pap. 75:1-30.
  30. Wilkins, K. T. 1982. Highways as barriers to rodent dispersal. Southwestern Naturalist 27: 459-460.
  31. Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder (editors). 1993. Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. xviii + 1206 pp. Available online at: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/msw/.
  32. Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Third edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. Two volumes. 2,142 pp. [As modified by ASM the Mammal Diversity Database (MDD) at https://www.mammaldiversity.org/index.html]
  33. Wilson, D. E., and S. Ruff. 1999. The Smithsonian book of North American mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. 750 pp.