KRINACEUS 



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1. Audalucia, Spain. Lord Lilford (p). 94. 6. 11. 5. 



6 juv. Elche, Alicante. G. S. Miller (c). 8. 8. 4. IG. 



juv. al. Lecques, Var, France. Dr. P. Siepi (p). 98. 8. 25. 1. 



Erixaceus aloirus vagans Thomas. 



1901. Erinaceus alginis vagans Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 38. 



Type in British Museum. 

 1910. Erinaceus algirus vagans Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 39. 



Type locality. — San Cristobal, Minorca, Balearic Islands. 



Geographical distrihufion. — Balearic Islands. 



Diagnosis. — Condylobasal length of skull in individuals with 

 worn teeth about 54 mm. : furred area of body whitish through- 

 out, with no evident dark wash on face, in interramial or 

 intercrural regions, or on feet. 



Measurements. — -Type (adult male) : head and body, 250 ; 

 tail, 40 ; hind foot, 37. Adult male from Inca, Majorca : head 

 and body, 218 ; tail, 31 ; hind foot, 35. For cranial measure- 

 ments see Table, p. 132. 



SjJecinicns examined. — One from ^lajorca and five from Minorca, 

 Balearic Islands. 



BemarJcs. — The Balearic form of Erinaceus algirus is dis- 

 tinguishable from the African race by its paler colour and smaller 

 size. Its relationship to the animal occurring on the mainland 

 of southern Spain is not at present clear. 



6. Inca, Majorca ; 300 m. O. Thomas & R. I. Pocock 0. 7. 1. 6. 

 Balearic Islands. (c & p). 



4 6, ?. San Cristobal, :Minorca. O. Thomas A- R. I. Pocock 0. 7. 1. 35-39. 



(c & p). 



(0. 7. 1. 36. Type of subspecies.) 



