Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Microtus abbreviatus Miller, 1899 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington , 13: 13 . TYPE LOCALITY: USA , Alaska , Bering Sea, Hall Island . DISTRIBUTION: Hall and St. Matthew Islands, Bering Sea ( Alaska , USA ). SYNONYMS: fisheri. COMMENTS: An insular relative of M. miurus of the Alaskan mainland, generally retained as a species ( Fedyk, 1970 ; Rausch and Rausch, 1968 ). Karyotype reported by Rausch and Rausch (1968) and chromosomal affinities within subgenus Stenocranius discussed by Fedyk (1970) . Also see accounts of M. gregalis and M. miurus .