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Evotomys glareolus glareolus Schreber. 



1780. Mus glareolus Schreber, Saugthiere, iv, p. 680, pi. cxce (Holland, 



Denmark). 

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



Baaed on Pallas, Glires, p. 247. Not Mus rattus minor Kerr,. 



Anim. Kingd., p. 229. 

 1792. [Mus rutilusj £ minor Donndorff, Zool. Beytrago, i, p. 452. Based 



on Pallas, Glires, p. 247. 

 1803. Lemmus arvaUs Geofiroy, Catal. Maminii. du Mus. Nat. d'Hist. Nat., 



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

 1828. Arvicola fulvus Millet, Faune de Maine-et-Loire, n, p. 40 (Angers, 



Maine-et-Loire, Prance). Not Lemmus fulvus Geofiroy, 1803. 

 1831. Sypudseus hercynicus Mehlis, Isis, p. 876 (Harz Mountains, Germany). 

 1834. Lemmus rubidus Baillon, Mem. Soc. Boyale d'Emulation d' Abbeville, 



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

 1834. Hlypudieus] glareolus Melcbior, Den Danske Stats og Norges 



Pattedyr, p. 116. 

 1836. Arvicola rufescens de Selys-Longchamps, Essai Monogr. sur les 



Gampagnols des Environs de Liege, p. 13 (Longchamps-sur-Ger, 



Belgium). 

 1842. Arvicola pratensis F. Guvier, Hist. Nat. des Mammif., vn, Tabl. 



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



1834 (Abbeville, Somme, Prance). 

 1857. Arvicola glareolus a. Blasius, Saugethiere Deutscblands, p. 337 (part). 

 1896. E\votomys] glareolus Miller, Nortb American Fauna, No. 12, p. 44, 



July 23, 1896. 

 1900. Evotomys hercynicus hercynicus Miller, Proc. Washington Acad. 



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

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



ii, p. 102, July 26, 1900. 



1909. Evotomys glareolus Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser., Ill, 



pp. 419-420, May, 1909. 



1910. Evotomys glareolus Trouessart, Paune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 170. 



Type locality. — Island of Lolland, Denmark. 



Geographical distribution. — West-central Europe, north of the 

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

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



Diagnosis. — 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., condylobasal 

 length of skull, 23 to 24-6. 



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

 defined, extending from eyes nearly to base of tail and tending to 

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

 the mars-brown or prouts-brown of Ridgway, 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 

 abruptly into the strongly buff-tinged grey of belly. The buff 

 wash on ventral surface is variable, but usually conspicuous. 



