Pitymys lusitanicus (Gerbe, 1879) . Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, ser. 3, 7:44.

TYPE LOCALITY: Portugal, no exact locality .

DISTRIBUTION: N. Iberian Peninsula; S.W. France.

COMMENT: Subgenus Meridiopitymys; see Chaline, 1974. Includes mariae; see Spitz, 1978, Mammalia, 42:267-304, and Neithammer, 1970, Bonn. Zool. Beitr., 21: 109- 115; regarded by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951, as a synonym of savii; Almaca, 1973, Revista Fac. Cienc. Univ. Lisboa, 17: 383-426, provided evidence of specific distinctness.