1G2 On the (ienet of the Balearic Islands. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 109 millim. ; tail 132 ; hind foot (s. n.) 16 ; 

 ear 24. 



Skull: basal length 27; zygomatic breadth IG'G; length 

 of three anterior molariform teeth 4-9. 



Hah. Tucuman. Altitude 450 m. 



Tijpe. Female. B.M. no. 0. 7. 9. 20. Original number 

 151. Collected 1st December, 1899, by L. Dinelli. Tiiree 

 specimens examined. 



XXIII. — The Genet of the Balearic Islands. 

 By Oldfield Thomas. 



DUEING the collecting-trip to the Balearic Islands in 1900, 

 of which the mammal results were described before tlie 

 Zoological Society in the following year *, we were unable to 

 obtain any examples of the Genet, an animal by no means 

 uncommon in Majorca, but not occurring in Minorca. 



Since then, however, by the kind help of Don Miguel 

 Riutort, of Inca, we have been able to obtain a series of 

 excellently prepared skins of this animal, and a careful com- 

 parison with a series of the Common Genet from Seville 

 convinces me that the Majorcan race should have a special 

 name. Some of the variations of the mainland form, how- 

 ever, show sufficient approximation to the Balearic oiio to 

 make it advisable only to give subspecific rank to the latter. 



Genetta genetta halearica, subsp. n. 



Size averaging slightly larger than in the Seville Genet. 

 General colour quite uniform in all the specimens, much 

 clearer grey than in the allied form, without the fulvous or 

 buffy suffusion generally ju-esent in that animal. Consequent 

 on this difference the dark spots and other markings stand 

 out much more distinctly, the deep black spots contrasting 

 sharply with the clear whitish grey of the ground-colour. 

 Body-markings approximately similar in number and position 

 to those in G. genetta, but the nuchal lines break up sooner 

 into spots, and the spots on the back and flanks are nearly 

 always rounded or quadrangular in shape, instead of being 

 frequently linear. Under surface, limbs, and tail as iu 

 G. genetta, except that the cliaracteristic small black spots on 

 the forearms and wrists are either fewer or absent. 



* r. Z. S. 1901, p. 35. 



