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REVIEWS. 



11. Lutra aterrima. — Pallas' Otter-like animal, described by the 

 great traveller as Viverra aterrima, is conjectured to have been a va- 

 riety of the common otter, Lutra vulgaris. 



12. Fnhydris marina. — The Sea-otter, which is stated by Siebold 

 to occur occasionally in Japan, appears to be known to the inhabitants 

 of the southern coast of Sachalin, but to be far from commonly met 

 with. 



13. Canis lupus. — The wolf of Amoorland is considered by Von 

 Schrenck to be quite identical with the European Canis lupus. Tem- 

 minck's Canis hodophilax, under which title the authors of the " Fauna 

 Japonica" separate the Japanese wolf, is believed to be likewise undis- 

 tinguishable from the same species. 



14. Canis alpinus. — Only one example of this little-known moun- 

 tain-wolf, first discovered by Pesteref in 1794, was obtained by Von 

 Schrenck' s expedition. Its specific validity is fully recognized. 



15. Canis vulpes. — The Pox, in all its many varieties of colouring, is 

 very common in Amoorland. Its fur is a regular article of traffic with 

 the natives, next in importance to that of the Sable and Otter. 



16. Canis lag opus. — No traces of the Polar Fox were met with even 

 in Sachalin ; and it is suspected that Siebold' s notice of this species in- 

 habiting the Japanese Kuriles is incorrect. 



17. Canis procyonides. — A very extended notice and elaborate de 

 scription is given of this singular species of Canis, which was only pre- 

 viously known from the insufficient accounts of Gray and Temminck. 

 Herr von Schrenck shows that the names Cams procyonides (/) and 

 Canis viverrinus are really referable to one and the same species, which 

 varies much in summer and winter pelage, and is of opinion that the 

 differences in the dentition are not such as to necessitate the generic se- 

 paration of this animal from the true Canes, as has been proposed by 

 Temminck.* 



18. Canis familiar is. 



19. Felis lynx. — The true Felis lynx of Europe is found through- 

 out the wooded districts of Amoorland. 



20. Felis tigris. — The existence of the Tiger, popularly supposed to 

 be confined to the hot jungles of India, as a permanent resident on the 

 Amoor, is one of the most remarkable facts known in geographical dis- 

 tribution. Near the mouth of the TJssuri (in north latitude 48°), the 

 Tiger is " not only not a scarce visitant, but an ordinary resident in the 

 land in summer and winter, commonly met with, and frequently de- 

 structive to mankind, and to cattle." It has even crossed the ice further 

 north, in latitude 52°, and penetrated into the island of Sachalin, al- 

 though here only to be considered as an occasional intruder, f 



21. Felis irbis. — The Ounce is not so common as the Tiger near 



* In Tijdschr. voor natuurl Geschied. v., p. 285, as Nyctereuxes viverrinus. 

 f Confer Brandt'? " Untersuchungen ueber die geographische Verbreitung des Tigers," 

 &c. Mem. Acad. Sc. St. Petersburg, 6 me ser., vol. viii. 





