1880.] THK MAMMALS OF ASIA MINOR. 51 



2. *tVESPERUGO KUHLI (Natt.). 



Specimens of Kuhl's Bat were taken at Marash from the wood- 

 work of a house, and others were shot at Room Kaleh on the 

 Euphrates. The species appeared to be common in both locahties. 



3. *Crocidura leucodon (Herm.). D. & A., no. 2. 



4. Erinaceus etjrop/eus, Linn. D. & A., no. 3. 



As on his former visit, Danford failed to obtain specimens of the 

 Asia- Minor Hedgehog in a fit state for preservation ; but he found 

 one or two decomposing carcasses which were evidently referable to 

 this species. 



[Felis uncia, Schreb. D. & A., no. 4. 



We introduced the Ounce into our first list on the authority of 

 our friend Mr. D. G. Elliot, who informed us that the type of 

 Valenciennes's Felis tuUiana, now in the Paris Museum, was not 

 separable from F. uncia, an opinion which had been already ex- 

 pressed by BIyth ' and by Gray ". Mr. Elliot has since maintained 

 this identification in his magnificent work on this family % whereas 

 Prof. A. Milne-Edwards regards F. tulliana as a distinct species \ 

 We regret that we did not ourselves examine the specimen when we 

 were last in Paris ; but on finding that the Leopards obtained by 

 Danford on his second expedition were undoubtedly referable to F. 

 pardus, we have been led to a more careful comparison of M. Milne- 

 Edwards's detailed description with M. de Tchihatcheff 's plate*. 

 This examination leaves no doubt on our minds that Valenciennes's 

 specimen is perfectly distinct from F. uncia ; and we believe that it 

 is really nothing but an unusually pale and long haired variety of 

 F. pardus, somewhat similar to the remarkable Persian Leopards 

 now living in the Society's Gardens ". We therefore greatly regret 

 that we should have been led to endorse the existence in Asia Minor 

 of the true Ounce— an animal whose range is probably entirely 

 confined to the most elevated regions of Central Asia^.] 



5. *tFELis pardus, Linn. Kaplan. 



As already stated the only Leopards obtained by Danford belonged 

 to this species ; the specimens he preserved present considerable 

 variety in coloration and in proportional length of tail, but not 

 greater than has been observed in other localities. Though nowhere 

 common, the Kaplan appears to be generally distributed throughout 



1 P. Z. S. 18G3, p. 183. 2 Op. cit. 1867, p. 262. 



3 Monogr. Felidte, pt. 2. ■» Eecherches Hist. Nat. Mamm p. 214. 



5 Asie Mineure, 2=°' partie, Zool. pi. i. 6 Cf. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 289. 



' Since the aho\e went to press we have received a letter from M. Milne- 

 Edwards, in which he says " Le Fdis tulliana, par les proportions de ses membres 

 se rappvoche beauooup plus des Panthere* veritables que des Onces ; les taches 

 de la robe sout plusgraudes et plus annulairos, mais elles sont phis nombreuses 

 que chez I'Once. Je suis persuade que le Felis fidlimm est une espece, ou an 

 moms une race forteraent caractei-isee, du Panthere." Impressed as we are with 

 the great vanabihty shown by many other of the Asia-Minor Mammals, we ai-e 

 stul ol the opinion expressed above. 



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