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Sowerbj' has indicated that the Shansi pigs may be distinct from 

 those of Shensi. Unfortunately the above Shensi specimens consist 

 of a young pig, and an old boar in the excessivej.}^ short, worn, pale 

 coat sometimes met with and is useless for color comparison. Of the 

 remaining material four are pigs of good size in splendid coat, which 

 is distinctly paler than in /Sus palvdosus. 



SUS PALUDOSUS Heude 



/S[«s] paludosiis Heude, Mtms. Hist. Nat. Emp. Chiuois, vol. 3, 1896, p. 193 

 (Kiangyin River at Nanking, Kiangsu, China). 



Specimens, — Six: Yochow, Hunan, 2; near Chinkiang, Kiangsu, 

 1 ; Ningpo district, Chekiang, 2 ; and Peiliang, Fukien, 1. 



The specimen from Kiangsu is a virtual topotype and is an adult 

 female. The Yochow examples are immature and are not quite so 

 red as the two specimens, of similar age, from the Ningpo district. 

 The status of Sus meles is uncertain, as it is known onjy by a single 

 skull with dentition that is probably not normal. 



sus GIGAS Heude 



Sus giyas Hetjde, Mems. Hist. Nut. Emp. Cliinois, vol. 2, 1892, p. 87 (Vladi- 

 vostok, Siberia). 



Specttiien. — One from Imienpo, Manchuria. 



This specimen is an exceedingly large sow in good coat which 

 is slightly darker than in paludosus^ but much darker than in 

 mouphi€7isis. 



Family CERVIDAE 



Genus MOSCHUS Linnaeus 



MOSCHUS SIFANICUS Biichner 



Moschus sifanicus Buchner, Mel. Biol. Acad. St. Petersb., vol. 12, ISi^O. p. 

 162 (southern Kansu, China). 



Specimens. — Seven: Taochow, 2, and Archuen, Minshan Moun- 

 tains, Kansu, 4; and Taipeishan, Shensi, 1. 



It is not unlikely that the tj'pe of this species came from somewhere 

 in the neighborhood of the Minshan Mountains. Five of the above 

 skins are fairl}'^ uniform except for the coloration of the ears. The 

 skin from Shensi and one of those from Archuen, however, are con- 

 siderably different, being darker and Avith paler, better defined neck 

 stripes, and with rump and hind legs almost black. Without a better 

 understanding of the normal variation within the niusk deer of China 

 than the present material permits, their separation would be un- 

 justified. 



MOSCHUS PARVIPES Hollister 



Moschus parvipes Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., vol. 24, 1911, p. 1 (below 

 Mokpo, Korea). 



Specimen. — One — the t3^pe. 



