Apodemus hermonensis Filippucci, Simson, and Nevo, 1989

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 571-572

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scientific name	Apodemus hermonensis Filippucci, Simson, and Nevo, 1989
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Apodemus hermonensis Filippucci, Simson, and Nevo, 1989 . Boll. Zool., 56:374.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mt Hermon, Israel .

DISTRIBUTION: Alpine "tragacanthic" belt at about 2000 m on Mt Hermon, but may also occur in Lebanon ( Filippucci et al., 1989).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Sylvaemus . Morphologically and genetically closely related to A. flavicollis , which it displaces on Mt Hermon (and possibly also Lebanon and Antilebanon mountain ranges) at elevations above 1900 m ( Filippucci et al., 1989).

References

Filippucci, M. G., S. Simson, and E. Nevo. 1989. Evolutionary biology of the genus Apodemus Kaup, 1829 in Israel. Allozymic and biometric analyses with description of a new species: Apodemus hermonensis (Rodentia, Muridae). Bollettino di Zoologia, 56: 361 - 376.