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Show 334 MR. OLDFIELD THOMAS ON [Nov. 28, Kin.sliiu : Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum nippon. Myotis macrodactylus, nattereri hombinus. Miniopterus schreibersi japonice. Crocidura ccerulea, dsi-nezumi. Urotrichus talpoides. Mustela melampus. Putorius itatsi. Meles anakuma. Petaurista leucogenys. Micromys speciosus, geisha, minutus japonicus. Microtus montebelli. Evotomys (Phaulomys) smithii. Lepus brachyurus. In order to focus so far as possible the existing information about tlie mammals of Japan, I have prepared the following resume of the literature, which, apart from Temminck's fine work, is of a very fragmentary character. 1824. Siebold, G. T. de. Spicilegia Faun. Japon., in Dissertatio Hist. Nat. Japon. p. 13. Description of uMyoxus lineatus "-a Tamias, from Hokkaido. 1842-45. Temminck, C. J. Mammalia of P. F. de Siebold's ‘ Fauna Japonica,' pp. 1-60, pis. i.-xxx. A complete account of the Fauna, as known from the collections sent by Messrs. Siebold, Burger, and other Dutch naturalists to the Leyden Museum. One of the finest and most complete faunistic works ever published. Up to 1904, that is, for more than sixty years, the only valid species added to those contained in it were Microtus montebelli M.-Edw., Murina hilgendorfi Peters, and Talpa mizura Giintli. The following species are first described in this great work:- Macacus fuscatus (under the name of Inuus speciosus), Pteropus dasymallus, Rhinolophus nippon and cormitus, Pterygistes molossus, Myotis macrodactylus, Pipistrellus abramus and akakomuli, Talpa wogura, Urotrichus talpoides, Chimarrogale platycephalcc, Crocidura dsi-nezumi and umbrina, Meles anakuma, Mustela melampus and brachyura, Putorius itatsi, Nyctereutes viverrinus, Lepus brachyurus, Sciurus lis, Pteromys leucogenys, Sciuropterus momonga, Mus eryihronotus, argenteus, molossinus, tanezumi, and speciosus, Gliridus japonicus, Cervus sika, Nemorheedus crispus, and Sas leucomystax. 1857. Sclilegel, H. Ursus japonicus, sp. n. Hand], Beoefening der Dierkunde, i. p. 42 ; Sclater, P.Z. S. 1862, p. 261 ; Gunther, P.Z. S. 1880, p . 442. The U. torquatus of the ‘ Fauna Japonica.' |