Alexandromys oeconomus (rodent)
Variant names: Microtus oeconomus

Mass: 36.5 g based on Feuer 1958 and McNab 1992

Abundance: 0.06 to 48.82% (median 2.53%)

Latitudinal range: 38.7° to 68.6°

Habitats: (29), boreal forest/taiga (8), montane grassland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), temperate savanna (2), tundra (2)

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Found in 43 samples

Finland: Pallasjårvi

France: Bois Roche (layer 1c) (Late Pleistocene), Bois Roche (layer 2) (Late Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit II) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit III) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Units IV and V) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit VI) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit VII) (Middle Pleistocene), Romain-la-Roche (Middle Pleistocene)

Germany: Kettig (Late Pleistocene)

Italy: Caverna degli Orsi (sondage A, Unit 10.1) (Late Pleistocene)

Kazakhstan: Pavlodar

Mongolia: Erdensant

North Korea: Chongphadae Cave (Late Pleistocene)

Poland: Knihiniówka, Borsuka Cave (Layer VII) (Late Pleistocene), Borsuka Cave (Layer VI) (Late Pleistocene), Borsuka Cave (Layer II) (Holocene)

Russia: Kuznetsovka (Middle Pleistocene), Svetly (layer 5) (Late Pleistocene), Gornovo (Late Pleistocene), Malaya Gomsel'ga, Karasuk, Traktorosad No. 4 (garden), Traktorosad No. 4 (adjacent biotopes), Znamenskiy, Chusovoy, Bol'shoj Naryn (Paleosol Layers) (Late Pleistocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 2) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 3) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 4) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 5) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 6) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 7) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 8) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 10) (Late Pleistocene), Novokhopersk-1 (Middle Pleistocene), Novokhopersk-2 (Middle Pleistocene), Chernyshevskaya-III Cave (layer 3) (Holocene)

United States: Agiak Lake, De Long Mountains (riparian grass-willow), Toolik Lake, Upper Susitna River Basin

Size measurements:
body mass38.34 gN = 48Feuer 1958
body mass35.4 gN = 76McNab 1992
ear length9.0 mmN = 48Feuer 1958
head and body length111.8 mmN = 48Feuer 1958
hind foot length19.8 mmN = 48Feuer 1958
tail length31.7 mmN = 48Feuer 1958
total body length143.5 mmN = 48Feuer 1958

See also Alexandromys, Alexandromys fortis, Alexandromys limnophilus, Alexandromys maximowiczii, Alexandromys middendorffi, Alexandromys montebelli