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Show 1877.] THE MAMMALS OF ASIA MINOR. 273 long been known to inhabit the Caucasus, and which Dr. Severtzoff found in Turkestan at a considerable elevation.] 6. *FELIS PARDINA, Temm. Ushek. Rare. A small skin was procured, and a very fine one seen at Kaisariyeh. Canon Tristram has doubtfully referred the Wushak of the Arabs of Palestine to this species, which is also said to be common in European Turkey. In Asia Minor it appears to be generally much rarer than the Caracal, although Ainsworth records that no fewer than eight individuals were observed by his party in one day on Tchokur Ovah, near Missisah (Missis?). 7. *FELIS CARACAL, Linn. Kara konlak (black-ears). Skins were procured from the neighbourhood of Smyrna, where the Caracal is said to be tolerably common. Of these an adult is much grizzled in colour, owing to the development of the whitish tips of the hairs. Danford also met with it in the Taurus, where, as already observed, it is certainly the commonest species of Lynx. 8. *HY,ENA STRIATA, Zimm. Zyrtlan. Not uncommon near Smyrna and in the southern districts. A specimen was procured at the village of Ortakkeui, between Nazlii and the ruins of Hierapolis. Ainsworth mentions that a white variety was observed by the Euphrates Expedition. [GENETTA VULGARIS, Less. The Genet is mentioned by Ainsworth as inhabiting the Taurus. It was not met with by Danford; but specimens taken by Canon Tristram in Palestine are in the British Museum.] 9. *HERPESTES ICHNEUMON (Linn.). Ter kiopek (earth-dog). One specimen only of this animal was procured ; it was shot among the reeds on a small stream which flows into the Kutchuk Mendere (little Meander), not far from Ephesus. It is no doubt rot uncommon in many localities ; in Palestine Canon Tristram found it in incredible numbers. 10. *CANIS LUPUS, Linn. Kurt, Yanovar. Generally common throughout the country. The Black Wolf, separated by Schreber as C. tycoon, appears to occur in the mountains of the south-eastern districts; for Tchihatcheff saw some skins in the Antitaurus, in the house of a Turkish hunter, who assured him that he had killed the animals himself, and Black Wolves were seen by the Euphrates Expedition on the banks of the Sajiir. 11. *CANIS AUREUS, Linn. Schaleal. Generally common, especially in the south. 12. *CANIS VULPES, Linn. ? Telki. Common in the mountains of the Taurus, and generally distri- P K O C . Z O O L . Soc-1877, No. XVIII. 18 |