Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:62.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sweden, Uppsala .

DISTRIBUTION: Europe to Altai Mtns., Pamirs, Himalayas, Afghanistan, and Israel; Morocco to Tunisia.

COMMENT: May hybridize with flavicollis; see Corbet, 1978: 134, who included microtis in this species. Also see Kratochvil, 1962, Zool. Listy, 11: 15-26, who suggested that microtis may be conspecific with microps . May include krkensis; see Williams et al., 1980, Mammalia, 44:245-258.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011004006001.