ART. 1 MAMMALS FROM CHINA HOWELL 23 



Family PROCYONIDAE 

 Genus AILURUS F. Cuvier 



AILURUS FULGENS STYANI Thomas 



Ailurus fulgens styani Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ^av. 7, vol. 10, 1902, 

 p. 251 (Yangliupa, Szechwan, China). 



Specimens. — Two; one from Wachin. Szechwan, and tlie other 

 believed to be from Tibet. 



In the description of this race Thomas stressed only the superior 

 size and certain skull differences from typicus. Subsequently (1922) 

 he reported two examples from Yunnan, under the same name, one 

 of Avhich had a black-rinoed tail, while both were heavily darkened 

 over the shoulders and withers. This is the condition in the National 

 Museum's Szechwan pelt. In the other, however, this condition is 

 so much intensified, with extensive black areas upon the middle of all 

 the hairs, that it is believed to represent a new race. It is a trade 

 skin, however, without skull or definite locality and too many new 

 names have already been based upon such objectionable material. 



Family CANIDAE 



Genus NYCTEREUTES Temminck 



NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES STEGMANNI Matschie 



Nyctereutes stegmarmi MATSCHiE,*Wissens. Erg. Exped. Filcliner China UTifl 

 Tibet, vol. 10, pt. 1, 1908, p. 180 (Tschonkiang, lower Yangtze). 



Specimens. — Four; one from the Likiano; Plain, Yunnan, two from 

 Suifu, Szechwan, and one from Chinkian<>', Kian2:su. 



Upon geojrraphical grounds it seems that the Yunnan specimen 

 should be o/estes, but there is no white upon the hairs of the tail 

 and but few of them are tipped with black, while the feet are brown 

 instead of black. The dorsal coloration is, however, considerably 

 brighter than what is believed to be typical of stegmanni. The 

 Kiangsu skin conforms to Matschie's description very well indeed. 



NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES USSURIENSIS Matschie 



Nyctereutes ussurienxis Matschie, Wissen. Erg. Exped. Filchner China und 

 Tibet, vol. 10, pt. 1, 1908, p. 178 (near Ussuri, IManchuria). 



Specimen. — One from northern Manchuria. 



This is a large, brightly colored race, Avith interoccular area no 

 darker than the nose. 



Genus VULPES Oken 



A number of the races of Asiatic foxes, including all the Chinese 

 ones, are in such a stat« of confusion and are so little understood 



