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7. Sorex niuriiiiis. ^Musk Rat. China. 



8. Sorex sp. A slirew, undescribed. 



9. Erinacens sp. A Hedgehog, undescribed. 



10. Ursus tibetanus. The Tibetan Bear. Himalayas and North China. 



11. Hclictis suhaurantiaca. The orange-tinted Tree Civet. Allied to ^. 



nipcdensis of the Himalayas more than to H. moschata of China. 



12. ^I^i-rtes flavigiila, var. The yellow-necked Marten. India, China. 



13. Felis macroscelis. The clouded Tiger of Siam and Malaya. 



14. Felis viverrina. The Asiatic wild Cat. Himalayas and Malacca. 



15. Felis chinensis. The Chinese Tiger Cat. China. 



16. Viverricuia malaccensis. Sjiotted Civet, China, India. 



17. Paguma larvata. Gem-faced Civet. China. 



18. Sus taivanus. Allied to the wild Pig of Japan. 



19. Cervulus reevesii. Reeve's Muntjac. China. 



20. Cervus x>seudaxis. Formosan Spotted Deer. Allied to C. sika of 



Japan. 



21. Cervus stcinhoii. Swinhoe's Rusa Deer. Allied to Indian and IMalayan 



species. 



22. Ncmoi'hcdus sicinhoii. Swinhoe's Goat-antelope. Allied to the species 



of Sumatra and Japan. 



23. Bos chinensis. South China wild Cow. 



24. JMus bandicota. The Bandicoot Rat. Perhaps introduced from India. 



25. Mus indicus. Indian Rat. 



26. 3Ius coxinga. Spinous Country-rat. 



27. Mies canna. Silken Country-rat. 



28. Mus losca. Brown Country-rat. 



29. Sciurus castaneoventris. Chestnut-bellied Squirrel. China and 



Hainan. 

 30: Sciurus m'clellandi. M'Clelland's Squirrel. Himalayas, China. 



31. Sciurojjtcrits kalccnsis. Small Formosan Flying Squirrel, Allied to 



S. alhonigcr of Nepal. 



32. Pteromys grandis. Large Red Flying Squirrel, Allied to Himalayan 



and Bornean species. From North Formosa. 



33. Pteromys iKctoralis. White-breasted Flying Squirrel. From South 



Formosa. 



34. Lepus sinensis. Chinese Hare, Inhabits South China. 



35. Manis dalmanni. Scaly Ant-eater. China and the Himalayas. 



The most interesting and suggestive feature connected 

 with these Formosan mammals is the identity or affinity 

 of several of them, with Indian or Malayan rather than 

 with Chinese species. We have the rock-monkey of 

 Formosa allied to the rhesus monkeys of India and 

 Burma, not to those of South China and Hainan. The 

 tree civet {Hclictis s^ibcturantiaca) , and the small flying 

 squirrel {Scmroijterus kalccnsis), are both allied to Hima- 

 layan species. Swinhoe's deer and goat-antelope are 

 nearest to Malayan species, as are the red and white- 

 breasted flying squirrels ; while the friiit-bat, the wild pig 



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