Pitymys duodecimcostatus (de Selys-Longchamps, 1839). Rev. Zool. Paris, p. 8. TYPE LOCALITY: France, Gard, Montpellier. DISTRIBUTION: S.E. France; E. and S. Spain. COMMENT: Subgenus Meridiopitymys; see Chaline, 1974. Formerly included the Balkan taxa atticus and thomasi, as in Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; but see Petrov and Zivkovic, 1972, Saugetierk. Mitt., 20:249-258, and Petrov and Zivkovic, 1979, Biosystematika, 5(1):1 13-125; also see comments under thomasi. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008080011001 as Microtus duodecimcostatus.

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Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 4), pp. 477-504 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 500, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353034