Latitudinal range: 36.9° to 60.1°

Habitats: temperate coniferous forest (1), boreal forest/taiga (2)

Found in 10 samples

Canada: Gogama, Churchill (1952), LaBiche River Valley

United States: Welsh Cave (Late Pleistocene), Silver Creek (Late Pleistocene), Haystack Cave (lower levels) (Late Pleistocene), King Leo Pit Cave (Late Pleistocene), Kathy's Pit (Pleistocene - Holocene), Smith Creek Canyon (Reddish-brown Silt) (Late Pleistocene), Natural Chimneys (Late Pleistocene)

See also Phenacomys intermedius, Phenacomys ungava