O. Gy. Dely szerk.: Vertebrata Hungarica 22. (Budapest, 1984)

Mészáros, F. ; Demeter, A.: The Alpine Shrew (Sorex alpinus Schinz, 1873), new to the fauna of Hungary 47-50. o.

Flg. 1. Map of Hungary with the collection site indicated. The distribution of sliver fir in the area in question as reported by FEKETE & BLATTNY (1913) Is indicated by hatching. The dots on the Austrian side of the border indicate records of the alpine shrew by SPITZENBERGER (1978), the empty star shown by an arrow marks the Hungarian locality The measurements of the specimen indicate obvious affinity with the Austrian populations (SPITZENBERGER 1978). The shrews from north of the river Sava in Yugoslavia are also similarsized, but those from south of it are larger (DULIC et al. 1982). The exact locality of the capture is ca. 500 m north-west of the Stájerházak at 500 m a.s.l. The vegetation of the site is beech forest interspersed with spruce. The specimen was trapped above a mountain stream in rich undergrowth. It Is likely that the Alpine Shrew occurs in other localities of the Kßszeg Mts as well, but it is questionable whether there are any other regions in the country where it may also occur. At least in northern part of the country, In the Zemplén Mts we have so far been unsuccessful in obtaining this species, though it is known from the immediate Czechoslovak side of the border (DUDICH & STOLLMANN 1983). REFERENCES DUDICH, A. (1983): Paläomontane Zusammenhänge der nacheiszeitlichen Verbreitung einiger floristischer und faunlstischer Elemente in Mitteleuropa. - Auszüge der Vorträge des X. internatlo-