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. 



I. 



2. 



3- 

 4- 

 5* 

 6. 



9- 



10. 



Meriones auceps 

 Cricetulus andersoni 

 Craseomys shanseius 

 Capreolus bedfordi ... 

 Ochotona bedfordi ... 

 Ochotona sorella 

 Eutamias asiaiicus intercessor 

 Microtus inez 

 Microtus johamus ... 

 Cricetulus triton incanus 



At T'ai-yiian Fu.^ 



At Ning-wu Fu. 



At K'e-lan Chou. 



In Shensi. 



1. Erinaceus miodon ... ... ... At Yii-lin Fu. 



2. Eutamias asiaticus ordinalis ... ... „ 



3. Cricetulus bedfordiz ... ... ... „ 



4. Dipus sowerbyi ... ... ... ,, 



5. Lepus swinhoei subluteus ... ... In South Ordos Desert. 



6. Mus confucianus luticolor ... ... 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. Recherches sur les Mammif^res, 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 1909. 



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 localiites here cited are those of the type-specimen only. Many of the species and sub-sjwcies 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), II., 19c*. 



A specie'; of Myospalax collected by Messrs. Anderson and Sowerby at Ning-wu Fu and identified in 1908 as M. 

 /ontanien, Mr. Thomas has recently discovered to be new and described as M./ontanus (Ann. Ma^. Nat. Hist. Jan., 1912, 

 P- 93)< 



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