ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. 



BAND 8. N:o 16. 



Mammals from Ecuador and rélated forms, 



By 

 EINAR LÖNNBERG. 



With one Plate and one figure in the text. 

 Read April 28th 1913. 



The following notes are chiefly based on a collection of 

 mammals which Mr. L. Söderström, R. Swedish Consul in 

 Quito, Ecuador, kindly has presented to the Nat. Hist. Museum 

 in Stockholm. While I was working out this material, I had 

 an opportunity of visiting London and British Museum of 

 Natural History. My friend Oldfield Thomas F. R. S. 

 with usual liberality then gave me free access to the great col- 

 lections in his charge, and thanks to this I am also able to add 

 some remarks about different subspecies of the genus Tayra. 



Midas graellsi Espada. 



A young specimen from the Napo valley, where the spe- 

 cies is stated to live at an altitude of 4,000 to 5,000 feet. Ihave 

 had the opportunity of comparing this specimen with others 

 in Brit. Museum and ha ve t hus stated the identity. 



Blarina meridensis Thomas. 



Thomas : Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, Vol. I, p. 457. 



Three specimens from Pichincha agree with Thomas' 

 description. This appears to be the most southern locality 

 recorded, not only for the species, but for the genus as well. 



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