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Genus MYOXUS. 



Myoxus, Schreber Saugeth., iv, p. 824 (1792). 



Myoxus pictus. 



Myoxus p'lctus, Blanford Ann. Mag, N. H. (4) xvi, p. 311 (1875); id. 

 Persia, p. 51, pi. iv, fig. 2. 



Dislribution. — Persia north of Ispahan. 



a. Ale. $ Kohrud, N. of Ispahan, W. T. Blanford. 



7,000 ft. 



[Co-type of M. pictus, Blanford.] 



Myoxus glis. 



Sciurus glis, Linnceus Syst. Nat., i2th ed., i, p. 87 (1766). 



Mus glis, Pallas Nov. Sp. Quad, e Glir., p. 88 (1778). 



Myoxus glis, Zimmerman Geogr. Geschichte., ii, p. 351 (1780) ; Blasius 



Saugeth Deutsch, p. 292; Blyth Cat., no. 350, p. 109. 

 Glis esculentus, Blumenbach Handb. Naturges,, 12th ed., p. 67 (1830). 



Distribution. — Central and Southern Europe. 

 a. Stuffed. France A. Malherbe (1854), A.S.B. 



Genus MUSCARDINUS. 



Muscardinus, Kaup Entw. Eiirop. Thierw., p. 139 (1829)*. 



Muscardinus avellanarius. 



Mus avellanarius, Linnceus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 83 (1766). 



Myoxus muscardinus, Schreber Saugeth, iv, p. 835 (1792). 



Myoxus avellanarius, Desmarest Mamm., p. 295 (1820) ; Blasius Saugeth. 



Deutsch., p. 297 ; Blyth Cat., no. 351, p. 109. 

 Muscardinus avellanarius, Kaup Entw. Europ. Thierw,, p. 139 (1829)*. 



■ Distribution. — The whole of Europe, including the British 

 Islands. 



«-6. 2 Stuffed. England. A. D. Bartlett (1843), A.S.B. 



c-e. 3 Ale. ^ 9 2 ., A. D. BartleLt (1865). 



Genus HYDROMYS. 



Hydromys, Et, Geoff. St. Hil. Ann. Mus., Paris, vi, p. 81 (1805). 



Hydromys chrysogaster. 



Hydromys chrysogaster, £^. Geoff. St. Hil. Ann. Mus., Paris, vi, p. 81, 

 pi. xxxvi (1805) ; Gould Mamm. Austr,, ui, pi. xxiv ; Blyth Cat., no. 398, 

 p. 121 ; Collett. Zool. J. B., ii, p. 841. 



