VERTEBRATES: MAMMALS. 573 



Luzula spicata Trientalis Europaea 



Arabis petraea Arbutus Uva ursi 



Salix phylicifolia Ligusticum Scoticum 



Rumex aquaticus Salix Lapponutn 



Saxifraga aizoides Lamium intermedium 



The above list does by no means exhaust the list of 

 plants found in this botanical province. They include 

 only the flowering plants, ferns and club-mosses. 



VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE OUTER HEBRIDES. THE 



MAMMALS. 



Of the land animals which made the Outer Hebrides 

 their habitat before the separation of the islands took place 

 but few species survive. These are 



The Shrew (Sorex minutus). 

 The Shrew (Sorex tetragonurus). 

 The Vole (Arvicola agrestis). 

 The Pole-cat (Martes sylvestris). 

 The Otter (Lutra vulgaris). 

 The Weasel (Mustela vulgaris]. 

 The Badger (Meles taxus). 



The remains of a small fossil ox, Bos longifrons, is said 

 by Mr. Harvie Brown to have been found in a " Picts " 

 House in Harris. 



The land animals which probably were introduced by 

 man were the deer. 



The Red Deer (Cerims elaphus). 

 The Fallow Deer (Cervusdamd). 

 The Roe Deer (Capreolus capraas). 

 The Harvest Mouse (Mus minutus}. 

 The Harvest Mouse (Mus imisculus]. 

 The Black Rat (Mus rattus). 

 The Black Rat (Mus decumannus]. 

 The Water Vole (Arvicola amphibia}. 

 The Hare (Lepus Europceus]. 

 The White Hare (Lepus variabilis). 



Q Q 



