collections the following new species and sub-species were described by Mr. 
Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., in papers read before the Zoological Society of 
London :— 
In SHANSI. 
1. Meriones auceps ... 300 At T’ai-yiian Fu.* 
2. Cricetulus andersoni oat eles 
3. Craseomys shanseius ae ata 
4. Capreolus bedfordi ... one 
Ochotona bedfordi ... ve ae At Ning-wu Fu. 
. Ochotona sorella  ... 500 ore Ns 
a bss 
. Microtus inez Bae os aie At K’é-lan Chon. 
5 
6 
7. Eutamias asiaticus intercessor 
8 
g. Microtus johannus 
” 
10. Cricetulus triton incanus on 
IN SHENSI. 
1. Erinaceus miodon ... RSS 2 At Yii-lin Fu. 
2. Eutamias asiaticus ordinalis .. 
3. Cricetulus bedfordiz... 
4. Dipus sowerbyi Bas An 
5. Lepus swinhoei subluteus 8 In South Ordos Desert. 
6. Mus confucianus luticolor ... ee At Yen-an Fu. 
Previous to these explorations the mammalogy of Shansi, Shensi, and the 
Ordos Desert had not been touched. Many of the mammals mentioned in 
the following pages have been described from other parts of China. 
For scientific descriptions of the various species of mammals mentioned 
in this chapter, I must refer the reader to the following sources :— 
1. Récherches sur les Mammiféres, par M. Milne Edwards. 
2. Papers by Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., F.Z.S., published in the 
Proceedings of the Zoological Society from time to time during the 
years 1907 to 190g. 
3. Descriptions by Mr. Gerritt S. Miller, of the United States National 
Museum, of five new species and sub-species discovered on the 
present expedition. These descriptions, which have already been 
* The localities here cited are those of the type-specimen only. Many of the species and sub-species were 
subsequently captured elsewhere, and some occur both in Shansi and Shensi. (See Proc. Zool. Soc., 1908, pp. 635-646, 963- 
983; also Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), 11., 1908. 
A species of Myosfalax collected by Messrs. Anderson and Sowerby at Ning-wu Fu and identified in 1908 as J/. 
Toni nniert, Mr. Thomas has recently discovered to be new and described as J/. fontanus (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Jan., 1912, 
P- 93). 
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