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RODENTIA 



EvoTOMYS GLAEEOLUS GLAREOLUS Schreber. 



1780. Mas qlarcolus Schreber, Saugthiere, iv, p. 680, pi. cxc b (LoUand, 



Denraark). 

 1792. Mus rutilus minor Kerr, Anim. Kingd., p. 237 (Casan and Goettingen). 



Based on Pallas, Glires, p. 247. Not Mus rattus tninor Kerr, 



Anim. Kingd., p. 229. 

 1792. \_Mas rutilus] ;8 minor Donndorff, Zool. Beytrago, i, p. 452. Based 



on Pallas, Glires, p. 247. 

 1803. Lcmnius arvalis Geofiroy, Catal. Mammif. du Mus. Nat. d'Hist. Nat., 



p. 185 (Meudon,. Seine, France). Not Mus arvalis Pallas. 

 1828. Arvicola fulvus jMillet, Faune de Maine-et-Loire, ii, p. 40 (Angers, 



Maine-et-Loire, France). Not Lanmus fulvus Geofiroy, 1803. 

 1881. Hypudxus liercynicus Mehlis, Isis, p. 876 (Harz Mountains, Germany). 

 1834. Lcnimus rubidus Baillon, il^rn. Soc. Royale d'Eniulation d'Abbeville, 



1833, p. 54 (Abbeville, Somme, France). 

 1834. H[jji?ud!i'us] glarcolus Melchior, Den Danske Stats og Norges 



Pattedyr, p. 116. 

 1836. Arvicola rufcsccns de S61ys-Longchamps, Essai Monogr. sur les 



Campagnols des Environs de Iji6ge, p. 13 (Longchamps-sur-Ger, 



Belgium). 

 1842. Arvicola i^ratcnsis F. Guvier, Hist. Nat. des Mammif., vii, Tabl. 



Gen. et M6th. Described and figured in Livr. 68 of same work, 



1834 (Abbeville, Somme, France). 

 1857. Arvicola cjlareolus a. Blasius, Siiugethiere Deutschlands, p. 337 (part). 

 1896. E\votomys'] glarcolus Miller, North American Fauna, No. 12, p. 44, 



July 23, 1896. 

 1900. Evotomys hcrci/nieiis hcrcynicus Miller, Proc. Washington Acad. 



Sci., II, p. 100, July 26, 1900 (part). 

 1900. Evotomys hcrcynicus rubidus Miller, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 



II, p.'l02, July 26, 1900. 



1909. Evotomys glarcolus Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser., iii, 



pp. 419-420, May, 1909. 



1910. Evotomys glarcolus Trouessart, Faune ilamm. d'Europo, p. 170. 



Tjipc lorality. — Island of Lolland, Denmark. 



Geor/raphical distribution. — AVest-central Europe nortli of the 

 Alps and Pyrenees and south of the Baltic ; from the Atlantic 

 coast east to Silesia ; north-eastern limit of range not shown. 



Diaijnosis. — General colour above dark, but usually rather 

 bright, the dorsal reddish area broad and diffuse ; usual measure- 

 ments of adults: hind foot, 16 "6 to 18 mm., condyloba.sal 

 length of skull, 23 to 24-6. 



Colour. — Winter pelage : red dorsal area diffuse and ill- 

 defined, extending from eyes nearly to ba.se of tail and tending to 

 .spread slightly over sides. In general colour it is very nearly 

 the mars-brown or prouts-brown of RidgWcxy, usually with a 

 tinge of russet, the exact shade resulting from various combina- 

 tions of cinnamon-rufous, vinaceous-rufous and black. Sides and 

 cheeks dull brownish buff thickly sprinkled with black. The 

 colour of sides merges insensibly into that of back and passes 

 abi-uptly into the strongly buff-tinged grey of belly. The buff 

 wash on ventral surface is variable, but usually conspicuous. 



