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Meadow Mouse — Part 3
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As quickly, however, as the meadow mice begin noticeably to decrease in numbers or the snow becomes too deep for successful hunting, these mousers from northern lands move on again to look for better hunting grounds.
The four-footed hunters, the foxes, cats and weasels of various sorts, are here at all seasons, and when meadow mice are abundant chase them persistently, and when they are not go hunting for other game.
Varieties of the Meadow Mouse
1. Meadow Mouse. Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord.) Description and range as above.
2. Black Meadow Mouse. M. pennsylvanicus nigrans Rhoads. Much darker, black hairs predominating.
3. Acadian Meadow Mouse. M. pennsylvanicus acadicus Bangs.
Brighter and more strongly russet than M. pennsylvanicus.
4. Labrador Meadow Mouse. M. Pennsylvanicus enixus (Bangs).
Similar to the meadow mouse in color but with peculiar skull, and light projecting front teeth.
5. Ungava Meadow Mouse. M. pennsylvanicus ungava Bailey.
Smaller than the meadow mouse with very broad peculiar skull.
6. Hudsonian Meadow Mouse. M. pennsylvanicus fontigenus (Bangs). Smaller than the meadow mouse with no tawny tints, skull narrower.
7. Gull Island Mouse. M. nesophilus Bailey. Very similar externally to the meadow mouse, but with a peculiar skull.