642 EXTINCT AND VANISHING MAMMALS 



where, for this is but the second place where I have heard of its 

 existence. I was told that 5 to 7 are killed yearly in Nara Ken. It 

 inhabits dense forested heights, and when pursued seeks the rockiest 

 and most precipitous places where it can find cover." 



The species "is confined to Hondo and Kiushu" (Hatta, 1928, p. 

 1032). 



T. Inukai (in litt., March 20, 1933) comments as follows: "Rare. 

 Only on high mountain in southern Japan." 



"Among the nature reserves already designated, Kamikochi, an 

 extensive valley situated near the centre of the Japanese Alps and 

 at an elevation of about 1,500 metres above sea level, is by far the 

 most notable from the scientific point of view. ... Of mammals, 

 the most important forms are the goat antelope (Capricornis cris- 

 pus] , the Siberian ermine (Mustela erminea kanei] , and the brown- 

 toothed shrew (Sorex shinanensis) ." (Kaburaki, 1934, pp. 4187- 

 4188.) 



The taking of the Japanese Serow is absolutely prohibited by law. 

 The reserve in Nagano Prefecture is for protecting this animal. 

 (Uchida, 1935, pp. 4, 12.) 



"When I was in Nikko in 1906 there were lots of skins in the fur 

 market there but I understand now that they don't turn up often" 

 (J. C. Phillips, in Hit., July 27, 1936) . 



"Range: Hondo, Shikoku, Kiusiu only. As the species decreased 

 once, it is now prohibited to capture the species all the year. Con- 

 sequently it has remarkably increased in number, and it is said that 

 even a troop of one hundred (usually observable about 3 or 5 

 individuals) can be seen in Miye Prefecture, Hondo. The flesh 

 tastes better than Sika nippon, and the fur is valuable as a carpet." 

 (Nagamichi Kuroda, in litt., July 5, 1938.) 



The same writer (1938, p. 8) gives the following locality records 

 for Hondo: Shimotsuke, Shinano, Musashi, Hida, Kaga, Yamato 

 (N. Okada), Aomori, Tochigi, Saitama, Nagano, Gifu, Ishikawa, 

 Toyama, Nara, Wakayama Prefectures (Kishida) , Okuradake, Aichi 

 and Yokohama in Pref. Aomori (Wada, 1937). For Shikoku: Tosa 

 (N. Okada), Kochi (Kishida). For Kiusiu: Hiuga (N. Okada), 

 Miyazaki (Kishida). 



Bubal Hartebeest. Bubale (Fr.). Biibalo (Sp.) 



ALCELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS (Pallas) 



Antilope buselaphus Pallas, Misc. Zool., p. 7, 1766. 1 ("Typical locality prob- 

 ably Morocco" (Lydekker and Elaine, 1914, vol. 2, p. 5).) 



1 Type "fixed here on the Vache de Barbaric, pi. xxxix. ('Memoires pour 

 servir a 1'histoire des animaux,' ii, p. 24)" (Ruxton and Schwarz, 1929, p. 575). 

 This is apparently the same as the "Barbary Cow," Memoirs for a Natural 

 History of Animals, p. 127, pi. facing p. 126, 1701, London. 



