156 MAMMALIA. 



ORDER CARNIVORA. 



Fam. Felidae. 



Fells catus, L. Wild Cat. Practically extinct now ; Gleniffer, Renfrew- 

 shire, 1895. Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1895, p. 121. 



Fam. Canidae. 



*Canis lupus, L. Wolf. Known from history and legend. Bones found 



Ardrossan Shell-mound (?). 

 Canis vulpes, L. Fox, c. ; not in islands. Eglinton Hounds (Ayrshire) 



have killed 82 brace in one season ; on Benmore estate, Cowal, 149 were 



killed between 1891-7. 



Fam. Mustelidae. 



Mustela martes, L. Pine Marten. Very r. now ; Maybole, 1876 ; Minnoch 



Water, 1878-9 ; Tarbet, 1882 ; Glenloin, Arrochar, 1882 ; Kilmory, 



Ardrishaig, 1896. 

 M. putorius, L. Polecat. Apparently extinct now ; last record Craigen- 



feoch, Renfrewshire, about 1868. 

 M. erminea, L. Stoat, c. ; in Bute, not Arran. 

 M. vulgaris, Erxl. Weasel, c. ; in Bute, not Arran. 

 Meles taxus, L. Badger, r. ; Dolphinton, 1890 ; Renfrewshire, 1893 and 



1896; Loudon, Ayrshire, 1894; Arran, 1895 (introduced); Carluke and 



Jock's Gill, Lanarkshire, 1896 ; Milton Lockharfc, Lanarkshire, 1897 ; 



Murroch Glen, Dumbartonshire, 1899 ; Benmore, Cowal (now) ; Glen- 



garnock, 1901. 

 Lutra vulgaris, Erxl. Otter. Widely and gen. dist. in suitable waters and 



on coast. Numerous recent records, including Glasgow (Clyde), 1899. 



Fam. Ursidae. 



*TJrsus arctos, L. Brown Bear. Long extinct. Marked in Roy. Scot. 

 Geograph. Socy^s. Atlas, Plate VII., on Inchmurrin. 



Fam. Phocidae. 



Halichoerus grypus, (Fabr.} Grey Seal. Kitchen-midden, Campbeltown ; 



Sanda, about 1874 ; L. Cumbrae, 1900. Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1900, 



p. 243. 

 Phoca vitulina, L. Com. Seal. Freq. ; numerous recent records, e.g. herd 



of over 30 off Troon, June, 1900. 

 [P. groenlandica, Fabr. Harp-Seal ? Between Pladda and Ayrshire coast, 



1899 ; shot but lost, F. G. Pearcy]. 



ORDER RODENTIA. 



Fam. Sciuridae. 

 Sciurus vulgaris, L. Squirrel ; c., absent in some localities, e.g. the islands. 



Fam. Castoridae. 



* Castor fiber, L. Beaver. Remains in Ardrossan Shell-mound and Cleaves 

 Cove, Dairy. Introduced at Mount Stuart, Bute, 1874 ; died out by 1890. 



Fam. Muridae. 



Mus minutus, Pall. Harvest-Mouse. Unknown ; nest taken Kilbarchan, 

 1895 (Paisley Museum) ; .also nr. Paisley. Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1898, 

 p. 112. 



M. sylvaticus, L. Wood or Long-tailed Field-Mouse, c. ; also in islands. 



M. musculus, L. House-Mouse, c. 



t M. rattus, L. Black Rat. Practically extinct ; recent specimens from 

 Glasgow, Greenock aud Paisley almost certainly introductions. 



