Arvicola sapidus Miller, 1908 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 1:195.

TYPE LOCALITY: Spain, Burgos Prov., Santo Domingo de Silos .

DISTRIBUTION: Iberian Peninsula; W. France.

COMMENT: Formerly included in terrestris, but separated by Matthey, 1956, Mammalia, 20:93- 123, and Reichstein, 1963, Z. Zool. Syst. Evolutionforsch., 1:155-204.