Myodes gapperi (rodent)
Variant names: Clethrionomys gapperi

Mass: 24.1 g based on Smith and Foster 1957 and McNab 1992

Abundance: 0.00 to 49.26% (median 6.68%)

Latitudinal range: 35.4° to 60.1°

Habitats: (12), boreal forest/taiga (3), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (7), temperate coniferous forest (2)

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Found in 24 samples

Canada: Delta Waterfowl Research Station, Gogama, Churchill (1952), Kinmount, Birds Hill (Plot 1, 1979), Prince Albert Model Forest, Bald Range (old growth), Prince Edward Island National Park, Charlie Lake Cave (Zone IV) (Holocene), Caverne de la Mine (lower infill) (Holocene), LaBiche River Valley

United States: Gingercake Creek, MacIntyre Development (forest habitats), Grand Marais, Welsh Cave (Late Pleistocene), Bat Cave (Late Pleistocene), King Leo Pit Cave (Late Pleistocene), Prairie Creek (Zone D) (Late Pleistocene), Robinson Cave (Late Pleistocene), Meyer Cave (Holocene), Bootlegger Sink (Pleistocene - Holocene), Prairie Creek (Zone C) (Pleistocene - Holocene), New Paris Sinkhole No. 4 (Late Pleistocene), Natural Chimneys (Late Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
body mass27.4 gN = 64Smith and Foster 1957
body mass21.4 gN = 37McNab 1992
body mass22.8 gN = 66McNab 1992
♀ condylobasal length25.4 mmN = 1Booth 1945
♀ condylobasal length25.2 mmN = 7Booth 1945
♀ ear length14 mmN = 10Booth 1945
hind foot length19.5 mmN = 64Smith and Foster 1957
♀ hind foot length19 mmN = 1Booth 1945
hind foot length19 mmN = 10Booth 1945
♀ skull width13.7 mmN = 7Booth 1945
tail length40 mmN = 64Smith and Foster 1957
♀ tail length56 mmN = 1Booth 1945
tail length50 mmN = 10Booth 1945
total body length140 mmN = 64Smith and Foster 1957
♀ total body length157 mmN = 1Booth 1945
total body length162.3 mmN = 10Booth 1945
♀ upper tooth row length5.3 mmN = 1Booth 1945
♀ upper tooth row length5.3 mmN = 7Booth 1945

See also Myodes, Myodes californicus, Myodes glareolus, Myodes hintonianus, Myodes regulus, Myodes rufocanus, Myodes rutilus, Myodes sp.