Apodemus alpicola Heinrich, 1952 . J. Mammal., 33:260.

TYPE LOCALITY: Allgäu, Osterachtal, S Germany .

DISTRIBUTION: NW parts of the Alps: S Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and N Italy.

SYNONYMS: alpinus .

COMMENTS: Subgenus Sylvaemus . Reviewed by Storch and Lütt (1989) who noted that S. alpicola occured syntopically with A. sylvaticus and A. flavicollis . The specific integrity of alpicola was biochemically confirmed by Vogel et al. (1991).