
Habitat
Inhabit fire-successional and riparian, boreal, sphagnum forest habitats (especially spruce) near stream or moist areas, including tundra, bogs, marshes (Conroy and Cook 1999, Youngman 1975, NatureServe 2007b).
References
Conroy, C. J. and J. A. Cook. 1999. Microtus xanthognathus. Mammalian Species 627:1-5.
NatureServe. 2007b. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. Version 6.2. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available http://www.natureserve.org/explorer.
Youngman, P. M. 1975. Mammals of the Yukon Territory, National Museums of Canada, Ottawa, Publications in Zoology 10:1-192.