The a 



Volume XVII 



MERICAN 



M 



J 



USEUM JOURNAL 



DECEMBER, 1917 



Number 8 



Tliib serow — tlie first taken by the Asiatic Zoological Expedition — killed two of the dogs. These 

 animals are vicious fighters, their strong curved horns making very dangerous weapons. The pho- 

 tograph shows a part of the short whitish mane 



Little-Known Mammals from China 



Bv R O Y ("HAP M A N A X D K E W S 



Illustrations from photographs by Yvette Borup Andrews 



YUNNAN, to the zoologist, is one 

 of the most interesting spots in 

 Asia, for in this province among 

 the stupendous mountains of the north, 

 the fauna is essentially Tibetan, while 

 in the south and west, in the low fever- 

 stricken valleys of the Tongking and 

 Burma frontiers, the animal and native 

 life is that of the mid-tropics. The 

 topography of Yunnan might be 

 likened to the surface of the ocean in 

 a furious gale, for the greater part has 



been thrown into vast mountain waves 

 which divide and cross one another in 

 hopeless confusion. Although this to- 

 pography has caused a great diversity of 

 tribes to be formed, nevertheless it has 

 not affected the distribution of animals 

 to the extent which might be expected. 

 We found that the small mammals in 

 the northern part of the province were 

 very widely distributed, apparently mak- 

 ing their way up the valleys, and that 

 such deep swift rivers as the Y'angtze 



^Article and illustrations copyrighted, 1917, by The .\mericax Mv.seum Journal 



509 



