Microtus Irani Thomas, 1921 . J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 27:581.

REVIEWED BY: G. Storch (GS).

TYPE LOCALITY: Iran, Fars Prov., Shiraz, Bagh-i-Rezi (=Bagh-e-Razi) .

DISTRIBUTION: E. Turkey; N. Syria; Lebanon; Israel; W. Jordan; Cyrenaica in Libya; N. Iraq; W. and N. Iran; Turkmenia (U.S. S. R.).

COMMENT: Subgenus Sumeriomys of Argyropulo, 1933, Z. Saugetierk., 8:180-182 (in part Suranomys of Chaline, 1974); see Gromov and Polyakov, 1977:283; includes mustersi; not a subspecies of socialis as treated by Corbet, 1978:112; see Kock et al., 1972, Z. Saugetierk., 37:204-229; and Morlok, 1978, Senckenberg. BioL, 59:155-162; includes paradoxus (OLR, GS); see Gromov and Polyakov, 1977:283.