AUKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI, 



BAND 14. N:o 4. 



A second Contribiition to tlie Mammalogy of 

 Ecii.ador witli sonie Remarks on Caenolestes. 



By ♦ 



EINAR LÖNNBERG. 



With 1 Plate and 8 Figures in the Text. 

 Read February 23rd 1921. 



The foUowing paper is based on the valuable material 

 of mammals which recently has been presented to the R. 

 Nat. Hist. Museum in Stockholm by the R. Swedish Consul 

 L. Söderström, whose name is so honourably connected 

 with the exploration of Ecuador, especially with regard to 

 its mammalian fauna, but also in many other branches. 

 Many scientists of different nations are indebted to Consul 

 Söderström for scientific material or for valuable assistance 

 in various ways and even for kind hospitality. Therefore 

 when the present author now wishes to publicly express his 

 great gratitude for all that Consul Söderström has done to 

 promote the interests of the R. Nat. Hist. Museum in Stock- 

 holm there are certainly many, who join with liim in this 

 homage. 



The coUection to be described below consists for the 

 most parts of specimens from the western slopes of the 

 Andes, but there are also several from the eastern side. 

 The latter are always specifically different from the former. 

 As a rule Consul Söderström has noted the altitude, at 

 which the different spccimens have been collected, and this 

 constitutes a valuable contribution to the knowledge about 

 the distribution of the species. Everybody who has worked 



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