CITELLUS 929 



Hirschberg, Bohemia: head and body, 200 (195-215); tail, 6(5 

 (60-73); hind foot, 36 '6 (35 -4-38 -4). Average and extremes 

 of six adults from Znaim, Mahren, Austria- Hungary : head and 

 body, 209-1 (200-220); tail, 63-7 (58-70); hind foot, 36-4 

 (35 • 6-37). For cranial measurements see Table, p. 930. 



Specimens examined. — Thirty-nine, from tlie following localities : — 



AusTRiA-HuNGABY : Haida, Arva, Bohemia, 1 ; Hirschberg, Bohemia, 5 ; 

 Znaim, Mahren, 7 ; Csallokoz-Somorja, western Hungary, 4 ; central 

 Hungary, 1 ; Sarvar, Eisenburg, Hungary, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Monos Petrie, 

 Bihar, 2 ; Csehtelek, Bihar, G. 



RouMANiA : Kustendje, 2 ; Dobrudscha, 3 (B.M., U.S.N.M. and Genoa) ; 

 Moldavia, 3. 



Bulgaria : Bogoroff, Sofia, 1 ; Sofia, 2 (Andersen). 



Turkey : Ob-Meidan, 1. 



2 (J, 2?. Hirschberg, Bohemia, Lord Lilford (p). 8.9.10.1-4. 



Austria-Hungary. 

 6, 3 ?. Znaim, Mahren. Lord Lilford (p). 8. 9. 10. 1-4. 



4. Csallokoz-Somorja, Press- Budapest Museum (e). 94. 3. 1. 33-3C. 



burg, 400 ft. 

 2 9. Monos Petrie, Bihar. Hon. N. C. Roths- 9. 7. 23. 1-2. 



child (c & p). 

 2 (i, 4 9. Csehtelek, Bihar. Hon. Mrs. Chas. 10. 9. 14. 2-7. 



Rothschild (c & p). 

 2. Kustendje, Roumania. E. Cavendish Taylor 5. 5. 6. lG-17. 



(c & p). 

 1. Dobrudscha. Purchased (Pruliere). 86. 4. 2. 3. 



1. Moldavia. Dr. E. Rtippell. 42. 9. 4. 1. 



1. Moldavia. Purchased (Lead- 43. 9. 11. 2. 



beater). 

 1. Moldavia. Dr. J. E. Gray (p). 123. a. 



9. Bogoroff, Sofia, Bulgaria. Dr. A. Richards 2. 10. 5. 1. 



(c & p). 



CITELLUS SUSLICA Gueldenstaedt. 



1770. Mus suslica Gueldenstaedt, Nov. Comm. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop., 



XIV, pt. I, p. 389 (Voronezh, Russia). 

 1770. [Mus citellus] var. gutfatus Pallas, Nov. Comm. Acad. Sci. Imp. 



Petrop., XIV, pt. I, p. 506, pi. 21, fig. 2 (Doubtfully a name). 

 1792. [Arctomijs] citellus S Icucopictus Donndorff, Zool. Beytrage, i, p. 486 



(Renaming of guttatus). 

 1845. Sp\ennophilus'\ guttulatus Schinz. Synop. Mamm., ii, p. 70 (Renaming 



of guttatus). 

 1910. Citellus guttatus Trouessart, Fauna ]\Iamm. d'Europe, p. 128. 



Type locality. — Voronezh, Chernigof, Russia. 

 Geographical distrihution. — Central Russia and eastern 

 Hungary. 



Diagnosis. — Slightly smaller than Citellus citellus, and tail 

 relatively shorter ; back marked with sharply defined whitish 

 spots about 4 mm. in diameter ; skull smaller than that of 

 C. citellus, the rostrum and palate narrower and incisive foramina 

 much reduced in size. 



Colour. — Dorsal area from nape to base of tail a tawny russet 

 faintly clouded by blackish hair tips, and thickly spotted with 



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