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RODENTIA 



PlTYMYS IBERICUS IBERICUS Gei'be. 



1854. Arvicola ihericiis Gerbe, Revue Zoologique, 1854, p. 400. Type iu 



Paris Museum. 

 1879. Arvicola (Microtus) ibericus Gerbe, Rev. et Mag. de ZooL, 3rd ser., 



VII, p. 42. 

 1905. Microtus ibericus Major, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser xv 



p. 515, May, 1905. 

 1908. Pitymys ibericus ibericus Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser. 



I, p. 205, February, 1908. 

 1910. Pitymys ibericus Trouessart, Faune ilamm. d'Europe, p. 190. 



Type locality. — Province of Murcia, 8paiu. 



GeograpMcal distribution. — Coast region of south-eastern Spain 

 (Provinces of Alicante, Murcia and eastern portion of Granada). 



Diagnosis. — Size large (hind foot, usually 17 "6. to 18-4 mm. ; 

 upper tooth-row, 6 to 6 '4 mm.) ; general colour very pale. 



Colour. — Upper parts ranging from a pale hair-brown slightly 

 tinged with' bister along middle of back and suffused with lauffy 

 along sides to a light, buffy broccoli-brown, brightening nearly to 

 cream-buff on flanks and on sides of neck. Underparts usually 

 greyish white dulled by the slaty undercolour, the general effect 

 not far from the grey No. 9 of Ridgway, but occasionally washed 

 with buffy. Feet clear greyish white. Tail whitish with a 

 varying amount of dark brown along median dorsal region, this 

 brown occasionally almost ab.sent. 



Measurements. — Type (adult): head and body, 114 (skin); 

 tail, 26 ; hind foot, 18. Adult female from Venta del Paul, 

 Granada, Spain: head and body, 107; tail, 27; hind foot, 18; 

 ear, 8. Three adult females from Elche, Alicante, Spain : head 

 and body, 101, 105 and 106; tail, 27, 27 and 29; hind foot, 

 17 "6, 18 and 18-4. For cranial measurements see Table, p. 789. 



Specimens examined. — Eleven, from the following localities in Spain : 

 Venta del Baul, Granada, 3 ; Murcia, no exact locality, 1 (Paris ; type) ; 

 Elche, Alicante, 7. 



6, 2 ?. Elche, Alicante, Spain. 0. Thomas (p). 8. 2. 9. 209-211. 

 {N. Gonzalez.) 



3 9. Elche, Alicante. G. S. Miller (c). 8. 8. 4. 273-275. 



6, 9. Venta del Baul, Granada. G. S. Miller (c). 8. 8. 4. 276-277. 



Pitymys ibericus centralis Miller. 



1908. Pitymys ibericus centralis Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser., 



I, p. 205, February, 1908. Type in British Museum. 

 1910. Pitymys ibericus centralis Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 190. 



Type locality. — Pastures near Silos, Province of Burgos, Spain. 

 Altitude about 3000 feet. 



Geofjrapliical distribution. — Central Spain from the province 

 of Bui'gos south to Valencia and Seville ; exact limits of range 

 not known. 



