Apodemus flavicollis Melchior 1834

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Muridae; Apodemus; Apodemus flavicollis; Barrett; Melchior; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11358101; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6BACABE64196CA90F35322ABCE7333D0

Apodemus flavicollis Melchior 1834 Apodemus flavicollis Melchior 1834, Dansk. Staat. Norg. Pattedyr: 99. Type Locality: Denmark, Sieland Isl. Vernacular Names: Yellow-necked Field Mouse. Synonyms: Apodemus arianus (Blanford 1881); Apodemus brauneri Martino 1927; Apodemus cellarius (Fischer 1866); Apodemus dietzi Kahmann 1964; Apodemus erythronotus (Blanford 1875); Apodemus fennicus (Hilzheimer 1911); Apodemus geminae Lehmann 1961; Apodemus levantinus Bate 1942; Apodemus princeps (Barrett-Hamilton 1900); Apodemus samariensis Ognev 1923; Apodemus saturatus Neuhäuser 1936; Apodemus stankovici Martino and Martino 1937; Apodemus tauricus (Pallas 1811); Apodemus typicus (Barrett-Hamilton 1900); Apodemus wintoni (Barrett-Hamilton 1899). Distribution: S England and Wales; on the continent from N Spain through most of Europe to 64E N in S Finland and S Sweden, and south to S Italy, Balkan region, and Greece (Mitchell-Jones et al., 1999; Van der Straeten, 1977 a ); east through Belarus and Ukraine to Urals; throughout Turkey (Filippucci et al., 1996; Frynta et al., 2001; Kryštufek and Vohralík, 2001; Macholán et al., 2001 b Pamukoglu and Albayrak, 1996; specimens in USNM) and east to W Armenia (Frynta et al., 2001; Macholán et al., 2001), Zagros Mtns of W Iran (Kryštufek, 2002 a Macholán et al, 2001; USNM material), and south to Syria, Lebanon, and C and N Israel (Filippucci, 1992; Filippucci et al., 2002; Qumsiyeh, 1996:289). The species also occurs on some NE Aegean Isls off W coast of Turkey (Özkan and Kryštufek, 1999) and S Greece (Vohralík et al., 1996), Adriatic islands (Mitchell-Jones et al., 1999), and Corfu in the Mediterranean (Cheylan, 1991); Corbet (1978 c :134) and Mezhzherin (1997a:35) mapped overall range. Absent from most of Iberian Peninsula and W France, Iceland, Ireland, Balearic Isls, and islands of Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, and Cyprus; also does not occur in most of the Caucasus (except WArmenia) where it is apparently replaced by the closely related A. ponticus . Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk ...