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Glis glis glis Liunteus. 



1766. [Sciiirus] glis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., i, 12th ed., p. 87 (Central 



Europe). 

 1779. [Gils'] esciilentusBlumenhsich, Handb. der l^aturgescb., p. 79 (Central 



Europe). 

 1816. Glis vulgaris Oken, Lehrbuch der Naturgesch., iii, pt. 2, p. 868 



(Germany). 

 1832. ? Mlyoxii.s] giglis P. Cuvier, N. Ann. Mus. d'H. N. Paris, i, p. 444. 



Nomen nudum, " le loir proprement dit." 

 1840-45. Myoxus avcllanus Owen, Odontography, ii, p. 25, pi. 105. 

 1857. Myoxus glis Blasius, Siiugethiere Deutschlands, p. 292. 

 1890. Myoxus glis Reuvens, Die IMyoxidae oder Schlaefer, p. 61. 

 1895. Gtis (sic) glis Merriam, Science, N.S., i, p. 376, April 5, 1895. 

 1910. Glis glis Trouessart, Faune jNIamm. d'Europe, p. 181. 



Type locality. — Germany. 



GeograjMcal distribution. — Central Europe from northern 

 Germany (Mecklenburg) to the Pyrenees and northern Italy, 

 and from the Atlantic coast eastward. 



Diagnosis. — Size medium, the hind foot about 30 mm. or less, 

 the condylobasal length of skull about 35 to 39 mm. ; molars 

 not enlai'ged ; general colour of uj^per parts a yellowish broccoli- 

 brown scai'cely darkened by the longer blackish hairs ; tail 

 essentially concolor with body, the extremity usually tinged 

 with drab, but hardly ever noticeably darker than basal portion. 



Measurements. — Adult male from Ziirich, Switzerland : head 

 and body, 165; tail, 150; hind foot, 29. Adult male from 

 Bruggen, St. Gallen, and adult male from Mels, Rheinthal, 

 St. Gallen: head and body, 180 and 170; tail, 120 and 130; 

 hind foot, 28 and 29. Adult female from Hatszeg, Hunyad, 

 Hungary: head and body, 147; tail, 135; hind foot, 29 "4. 

 Adult male and female from Ceresole d'Alba, Turin, Italy : head 

 and body, 170 and 176 ; tail, 146 and 149 ; hind foot, 27*4 and 

 27. Sixteen adults from various localities in northern Italy 

 (Genoa) : hind foot, 27 to 28 '5. For cranial measurements see 

 Table, p. 580. 



Specimens examined. — Ninety-two, from the following localities : — 



France : No exact locality, 5 ; near Nimes, Gard, 4. 



Germany: Saxony, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Bavaria, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Marxheim, 

 Bavaria, 2 ; Ekernkrug, 1. 



Austria-Hungary : Steiermark, 1 ; HoUos, Eisenburg, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; 

 Trieste, 1 ; Herkulesbad, 1 ; Hatszeg, Hunyad, 6. 



Switzerland ; Les Plans, Vaud, 3 (U.S.N.M.) ; Interlaken, Bern, 1 

 (U.S.N.M.) ; Miirren, Bern, 1 ; Lucerne, 1 ; St. Gothard, Uri, 1 ; Ziirich, 1 

 (U.S.N.M.) ; Thayngen, Schaffhausen, 2 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.) ; Bruggen, 

 St. Gallen, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Degersheim, St. Gallen, 2 (U.S.N.M.) ; Toggen- 

 burg, St. Gallen, 1 (U.S.N.M.). ; Mels, St. Gallen, 2 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.) ; 

 Wolfhalden, Appenzell, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Biasca, Ticino, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Bug- 

 giolo, Ticino, 1 (U.S.N.M.); Carmago, Ticino, 2 (U.S.N.M.); Lonvico, 

 Ticino, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Vezia, Ticino, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; no exact locality, 1. 



Italy : Padola, Cadore, 1 (Turin) ; Porlezza, Como, 23 (Ghidini) ; 



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