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Show 1905.] MAMMALS FROM JAPAN. 361 1. M acacu s fu sc a tu s , B ly . cJ. Owston Collection. Nos. 1, 3, 4. 2, 5. These specimens are dark in colour, but not darker than some of the Shikoku examples. 2. M ogera w o g u r a k a n a i , subsp. n. S . 560, 561, 564, 566, 569, 571, 573, 574. $ . 562, 563. Miyanoura, Yakushima. Sea-level. Two specimens in the Owston Collection. A small insular form, rather larger than the typical wogura of Yokohama, far smaller than the large kobece of S.W. Hondo, Shikoku, and the Oki Islands. Colour rather dark, tending towards slaty; not so brown as in kobece. Dimensions of the type, measured in the flesh :- Head and body 138 mm. ; tail 14 ; hind foot 19. Skull-greatest length 35 ; basal length 30'3 ; greatest breadth 16-6 ; front of upper canine to back of m3 12'8. Lengths of six other skulls, all male-36• 2, 36*5, 35*1, 34-9, 36-5, 35-4. Type. Old male. B.M. No. 6.1.4.394. Original number 569. Collected 13 June, 1905. The recurrence of a small Mole at the south-west corner of the Japanese Islands, separated from the other small one of N.E. Hondo by the large kobece, renders it a difficult matter to know how best to name the different forms. But as in my paper describing kobece the original wogura is allocated to the Yokohama animal, it seems better to maintain that reference in the absence of direct evidence to show that wogura was given to the small Mole now described. The extreme uniformity in the size of the specimens is very noteworthy. At the instance of Mr. Robert Anderson I have used for this Mole the name of Mr. K. Kanai, a native Japanese helper, to whom he and his brother were much indebted for assistance. Mr. Anderson states that the Mole is exceedingly common in Yakushima, where the damp climate no doubt produces a plentiful crop of earthworms. 3. Crocidura d s i- n e zum i um b r in a Temm. (?). $ . 547. Miyanoura. 40'. " Caught in forest of large trees and bamboo undergrowth."- J i . V . A . This Shrew is rather darker and longer-tailed than the ordinary Japanese C. dsi-nezumi, and may represent the form described by Temminck as Sorex umbrinus. 4. Mus m o l o s s in u s Temm. <$ . Miyanoura, Yakushima. 500'. 25* |
