MAMMALIA. 



BY HUGH Bo YD WATT, 3 Victoria Drive, Glasgow. 



THE authorities followed for classification and nomenclature are, for the 

 Cetacea the late Sir Win. H. Flower's List of the Specimens of Cetacea in the 

 British Museum, (1885), and for the other orders Mr. Richard Lydekker's 

 Handbook of the British Mammalia, (1896), with a few exceptions. 



When a locality is named the species has actually been taken there. 

 References are only given for very rare or unusual records. Square brackets 

 indicate that confirmation is required for the occurrence of the species. An * 

 indicates an extinct species in the area and t one that has been introduced. 



ORDER CHIROPTERA. 



Fam. Khinolophidae. 



[Rhinoloplius hipposiderus, (Bechst.) -Lesser Horse-Shoe Bat. Crookston, 

 Renfrewshire. New Statistical Account, 1845, viii., p. 162.] 



Fam. Vespertilionidae. 



Plecotus auritus, (L.) Long-eared Bat, c. 



Vesperugo pipistrellus, (Schreber.) Com. Bat or Pipistrelle, c. 



Vespertilio daubentoni, Leisl. Daubenton's Bat. Glasgow Green, 1864 ; 



Kelvingrove, 1879 ; Craigenfeoch, Renfrewshire, numbers, Jany. 1885. 



Probably more frequent than is supposed. 

 V. nattereri, Kuhl. Reddish-grey Bat. Inveraray, 1858, one. Dobson's 



Cat. of the Chiroptera in the Brit. Museum, 1878, p. 307-8. 



ORDER INSECTIVORA. 



Fam. Erinaceidae. 

 Erinaceus europoeus, L. Hedgehog, c., no Arran records ; in Bute. 



Fam. Talpidae. 



Talpa europoea, L. Mole, c., occurs up to nearly 2000 ft., not reached 

 some districts, e. g. Southend, Kintyre, nor islands, except Bute. 



Fam. Soricidae. 



Sorex vulgaris, Z. Com. Shrew, c., also in Arran and Bute. 

 S. minutus, L. Lesser Shrew. Lesmahagow ; Paisley ; Sanda ; Cumbrae ; 



Ailsa Craig, (?). Probably more freq. than these occurrences indicate. 

 Crossopus fodiens, (Pall.) Water Shrew. Widely distributed, including 



Arran ; no Argyllshire records. 



