RODENTS OF LIBYA 



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Family Cricetidae 

 Subfamily Microtinae 



Genus Microtus Schrank 



Microtus tniistersi Hinton 



Microtus mustersi Hinton, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, vol. 1<S, p. 305, September 

 1926 (Merj [=Barce], Cyrenaica). 



General distribution of species. Libya, on the Cyrenaican 

 Plateau and adjacent coastal plain. 



Specimens examined. Six, from Cyrenaica: 10 km SW El Faidia, 

 1 (skin, skull, and skeleton); Merg ( = Barce), 2 (BM; 1 skin only); 5 

 km W Tocra, 3. 



Published records in Libya. Cyrenaica: Barce (Hinton, 1926). 



Figure 4. — Distribution of Microtus mustersi. 



