Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Prometheomys schaposchnikowi Satunin, 1901 . Zool. Anz., 24:572 . TYPE LOCALITY: Georgia (Gruzinskaya), Caucasus Mtns, Gudaur, S of Krestovyi Pass, 6500 ft (as given by Ognev, 19636) . DISTRIBUTION: Alpine zone of Caucasus Mtns, Georgia , and extreme NE Turkey . COMMENTS: Reviewed by Gromov and Polyakov (1977) and Corbet (1978c) ; cranial and dental morphology detailed by Hinton (1926); chromosomal data summarized by Zima and Krâl (1984a) .