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Pitymys liechtensteini Wettstein, 1927. Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 64:2. REVIEWED BY: G. Storch (GS). TYPE LOCALITY: Yugoslavia, Rep. Hrvatska (Croatia), Velebit Mtns., Mt. Mali Rajinac, near Krasno. DISTRIBUTION: Alps of N.E. Italy and S. Austria to C. Yugoslavia. COMMENT: Subgenus Pitymys; see Chaline, 1974; regarded by Ellerman and MorrisonScott, 1951, as a synonym of subterraneus; Petrov and Zivkovic, 1971, Arh. Biol. Nauka, 23:31-32, provided evidence of specific distinctness. Possibly a subspecies of multiplex; see Storch and Winking, 1977, Z. Saugetierk., 42:78-88.

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 501, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353034