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Nageri. Hypudceiis fiageri Schinz, Synopsis Mammalium, II, p. 

 237, 1845, is the first name based on the large, boreal redbacked 

 mouse of the Alps. The type was collected on Mt. St. Gotthard near 

 Andermatt.' 



Pratensis. Arvicola prate?zsts, F. Cuvier, Histoire Naturelle des 

 Mammiferes, VII, Table Generale et Methodique, 1842 (Description 

 and figure in same volume, livr. 68, March, 1834) is probably the 

 redbacked mouse of northern France, Evotoinys hercynicus rubidus. 

 Type locality, Abbeville, Somme, France. 



Riparius. Arvicola ripariiis Yarrell, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 1832, p. 109, May 22, 1832, is the only name thus far based on the 

 redbacked mouse of England. It is antedated by Arvicola ripariiis 

 Ord 1825, a name applied to the common meadowmouse of the 

 eastern United States (= Microttis pennsylvanicus) . No definite type 

 localitv is given in the original description. 



Rubidus. '■'■ Leinmus riihidiis Baillon, Mem. Soc. Emul. Abbe- 

 ville, 1834." This name I have been unable to verify. That it was 

 originally applied to the redbacked mouse of the vicinity of Abbe- 

 ville, Somme, France, was shown by DeSelys-Longchamps in 1S47.'' 

 It is tenable for the dark race of Evotomys hercynicus occurring in 

 Belgium and northern France. 



Rufescens. Arvicola rzcfescejis r>e Selys-Longchamps, Essai mon- 

 ographique sur les Campagnols des Environs de Liege, p. 13, 1836, 

 is a synonym of Evotomys hercyfiicus rubidus. That it was based 

 on specimens taken at Waremme, Belgium, I have recently been in- 

 formed by the author himself. 



Rufocanus. Hypudcezis rufocanus Sundvall, Oefversigt af Kongl. 



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Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar, Arg. 3, p. 122, May 13, 1846. 

 This is the first and only name for the European member of the sub- 

 genus Craseotnys. 



Rutilus. Mus rntihis Pallas, Nov. Spec. Qiiadr. e Glir. Ord. p. 

 246, 1778, was based on a short-tailed arctic redbacked mouse from 

 Siberia east of the Obi. No specimens from this region are available 

 for comparison with the European animal to which the name rutilus 

 is now applied. 



' " Habitat in valle ursorum montis St. Gotthardi." 



2 Revue zoologique par la Society Cuvierienne, lo"^ ann^e, p. 309. October, 

 1847. 



