Phenacomys intermedius Merriam, 1889 . N. Am. Fauna, 2:32.

TYPE LOCALITY: Canada, British Columbia, 20 mi. (32 km) N.N.W. Kamloops .

DISTRIBUTION: S. Yukon to the south coast of Hudson Bay to Labrador, south to the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes, New Mexico (in the Rocky Mtns.), and E.C. California (in the Sierra Nevada, U.S.A.).

COMMENT: Includes ungavae; see Crowe, 1943, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 80:391-410; but see also Hall, 1981:785, who suggested that intermedius "may be a composite of two or three allopatric species."

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008084002001.