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CARNIVORA 



?. Foi'et de Bouconne, Gers, O. Thomas (p). 8. 7. 15. 5. 



250 m. France. (A. 



Bobert.) 

 ?. Ingelheim, Rheinhessen, C. Hilgert (c). 8. 11. 2. 16. 



Germany. 



Meles meles marianensis Graells. 



1897. \_Meles taxus] var. marianensis Graells, Mem. Beal Acad. Gien., 



Madrid, xvii, p. 170 (Central Spain). 

 1899. Meles meles mediterraneiis Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 



Hist., 7th ser., iv, p. 384, November, 1899 (Seville, Spain). Type 



in British Museum. 

 1910. Meles meles mediterraneus Trouessart, Fauna Mamm. d'Europe, p. 70. 



TyjJe locality. — Central Spain. 



Geograjjh ical disfrihufion. — Iberian Peninsula. 



Diagnosis. — Skull and teeth large, the teeth frequently attain- 

 ing maximum size for species ; colour light, the sides often 

 conspicuously whitish, especially in region bordering dark ventral 

 area. 



Measurements. — For cranial and dental measurements see 

 Table, p. 351. 



Specimens examined. — Seven, from the following localities in Spain : 

 Arrechavaleta, Vitoria, 1 ; Quintanar de la Sierra, Burgos, 2 ; near 

 Seville, 2 ; Goto Doilana, Huelva, 2. 



Remarhs. — Although not very strikingly differentiated, the 

 large-toothed, pallid, Iberian badger seems worthy of recognition 

 as a geographical race. 



6. Arrechavaleta, Vitoria, N. Gonzalez (c). 8.7.7.18. 

 Spain. 



(J, ?. Quintanar, Burgos. Rev. Saturio Gou- 8. 7. 7. 19-20. 



zalez (c). 



6, ?. Seville. {A. Pmiz.) Lord Lilford (p). 95. 3. 3. 7-8.. 



(95. 3. 3. 7. Type ol mediterraneus Barrett-Hamilton.) 



6, ?. Goto DoBana, Huelva. A. Chapman (p). 8. 3. 8. 6-7. 



MELES ARCALUS Miller. 



1899. Meles meles mediterraneus Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and ]\Iag. Nat. 

 Hist., 7th ser., iv, p. 131, November, 1899 (part). 



1906. Meles meles mediterrane7is Bate, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1905, ii. 



p. 318, April 5, 1906. 



1907. Meles arcalus Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., xx, p. 394, 



November, 1907. Type in British Museum. 

 1910. Meles arcalus Trouessart, Faune ]\Iamm. d'Europe, p. 70. 



Type locality. — Lassethe Plain, Crete. 

 Geographical distribution. — Islaaid of Crete. 

 Characters. — Size small (upper length of skull in adult less than 

 110 mm. ; maxillary tooth-row, exclusive of incisors, about 35 mm. ; 



