A LIST OF BRITISH TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS 



four subspecies, that inhabiting the British Islands being the 

 typical form, viz. : 



Apodemus sylvaticus sylvaticus, Linn.; Common Long-tailed 

 or Wood Mouse. Barrett-Hamilton's Mus sylvaticus celticus, 

 from Ireland, is included in synonymy of this race. 



The next three "species" and the succeeding subspecies were 

 all regarded by their authors as races of Mus sylvaticus, L. 



Apodemus hibridensis, de Winton. In Outer Hebrides (Lewis 

 and Barra). 



Apodemus hirtensis, Barr.-Ham. Confined to St Kilda. 



Apodemus fridariensis, Kinnear. From Fair Isle, the southern- 

 most of the Shetlands. 



Apodemus flavicollis wintoni, Barr.-Ham. Confined so far as 

 is known to England. The typical race {flavicollis, Melchior) 

 does not occur in Britain. 



In the case of Mus (Micron/ys) minutus, Pallas, two subspecies 

 are recognised, that to which British specimens are referred being 

 the common Central European form, viz. : 



Micromys minutus soricinus, Hermann. Though the Harvest- 

 Mouse is recorded from Scotland, fresh captures are much to 

 be desired. 



Epimys rattus rattus, Linn. ; The Black Rat. Millais's Mus 

 rattus ater is included in the synonymy of this form. 



Epimys rattus alexandrinus, Geoffroy ; Alexandrine Rat. 

 These are the only subspecies of rattus given. 



Epimys norvegicus, Erxl. ; The Brown Rat. Mus liibcrnicus, 

 Thompson, is added to the synonymy, and no subspecies 

 are erected. Erxleben's name is a year earlier than decumanus, 

 Pallas. 



Mus musculus musculus, Linn. ; The House-Mouse. The only 

 other subspecies given in the Catalogue is M. m. azoricus, 

 Schinz. 



Mus muralis, Barr.-Ham. ; St Kilda House-Mouse. 



Sciurus vulgaris leucourus, Kerr; British Squirrel. The 

 extra-British races of S. vulgaris, L., described, number no less 

 than eleven. 



UNGULATA. 



Cervus elaphus scoticus, Lb'nnberg. This is the name given to 

 our Red Deer. The following quotation from the Catalogue 

 seems necessary: "The status of the British form of Red 



