Eliomys quercinus (Linnaeus, 1766) . Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1:84.

TYPE LOCALITY: Germany .

DISTRIBUTION: Spanish Sahara to N.W. Libya; N.E. Libya; N. Egypt; N. Arabia to S. Asia Minor; Sicily and most of W. Mediterranean islands; Europe from Mediterranean (except S. Balkans) to N. Germany and Finland, east to S. Urals (U.S. S.R.).

COMMENT: Includes melanurus; see Corbet, 1978:145; but see also Trainier and Petter, 1978, Mammalia, 42:349- 353, and Delibes et al., 1980, Saugetierk. Mitt., 28:289-292.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410012002002001 as E. quercinus .

5301410012002001001 as E. melanurus .