190 EXTINCT AND VANISHING MAMMALS 



Live specimens were brought to Allen and Coolidge (1930, vol. 2, 

 p. 606) at Lenga Town on the Farmington River and at Paiata. 



Gold Coast. Specimens are recorded from Dabocrom and Elmina 

 (Jentink, 1882, p. 207) ; also from Goaso (Hayman, 1936, p. 937). 



The species is found through much of the forest country, but there 

 is little doubt that it is now much less common than formerly 

 (Assistant Conservator of Forests, Gold Coast, in litt., July 22, 

 1937). 



Cameroons. Hatt (19346, p. 653) records the species from this 

 country, without stating the exact locality. 



Gabun. Hatt (19346, p. 652) records a specimen from Fernand 

 Vaz. 



Belgian Congo. Noack (1889a, p. 100) based his name Manis 

 hessi upon a specimen from the vicinity of Banana, at the mouth 

 of the Congo. 



Hatt (1934b, pp. 651, 653) records specimens from Bolobo and 

 Lukolela on the Lower Congo, and from Akenge, Gamangui, Medje, 

 and Niapu in the northeastern part of the country. 



Order RODENTIA: Rodents 



Family LEPORIDAE: Hares and Rabbits 



This family is of nearly cosmopolitan distribution; but it is 

 absent from Madagascar and part of the Malay Archipelago, and it 

 was lacking in Australia until introduced. There are about 11 genera 

 and over 200 species and subspecies. There is generally an abun- 

 dance of individuals, and only a single species, the insular Amami 

 Hare, comes within the scope of this report. 



Amami Hare; Liu Kiu Hare 



PENTALAGUS FURNESSI (Stone) 



Caprolagus furnessi Stone, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1900, p. 460, 

 1900. ("Liu Kiu Islands.") 



This remarkable insular hare, unique representative of its genus, 

 has been suitably recognized and protected by the Japanese Govern- 

 ment as a "Natural Monument." 



Size approximately that of Lepus americanus; hind foot, tail, 

 and ears remarkably short ; claws very large and strong ; soft under- 

 fur plumbeous ; long hairs coarse and hispid, brownish black, many 

 with buff annulations; a median black stripe from neck to rump; 

 under parts mostly pale buff. Total length of flat skin, 550 mm.; 

 tail, about 8 mm., (Stone, 1900, pp. 460-461.) "Pentalagus is the 

 most marked of any of the genera of the Leporidae, the tooth 



