24 HOLLISTER. 



Pel is catus Linnseus. 



1758. Felis catus LiNN^us, Syst. Nat., 10 ed., 1, 42." 



Type locality. — Sweden. Luzon, feral (Thomas). 



Felis minuta Temminck. 



1827. Felis minuta Temminck, Monogr. des Mamm., 1, 130. 

 Type locality. — Java. Calamianes (Sanchez) ; Cebu (Tho- 

 mas) ; Negros (Thomas) ; Palawan (Allen) ; Panay (Thomas). 



Order RODENTIA. 

 Family SCIURID^. 



Genus NANNOSCIURUS Trouessart. 



1880. Nannosciurus TROUESSART, Le Naturaliste, 2, No. 37, 292, Oc- 

 tober 1. Type. — Sciurus melanotis Muller and Schlegel. 



Very small squirrels; not much larger than mice. Head and 

 body about 115 millimeters, tail vertebrae about 72. General 

 color brownish. 



Nannosciurus concinnus (Thomas). 



1888. Sciurus coneinnus Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., VI, 



2, 407. 

 1893. Nannosciurus concinnus Major, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 (1893), 189. 



Type locality. — Isabela, Basilan. Basilan (Thomas) ; Min- 

 danao (Bourns & Worcester). 



Nannosciurus samaricus Thomas. 



1897. Nannosciurus samaricus Thomas, Minutes Proc. Zool. Soc. Lon- 

 don, for June 15, 1897, June 19. 



Type locality. — Samar. Samar (Thomas). 



Genus SCIURUS Linnjeus. 



1758. Sciurus LiNN.fflUS, Syst. Nat., 10 ed., 1, 63. Type. — Sciurus 

 vulgaris Linnaeus. 



Squirrels. Philippine species all relatively small. Coloration 

 variable, some plain brownish-gray, not conspicuously marked, 

 others with brilliant tails and bellies. 



Sciurus albicauda Matschie. 



1898. Sciurus albicauda Matschie, Sitz.-ber. Ges. Nat. Freunde Berlin 

 (1898), No. 5, 42, May. 



Type locality. — Culion. Culion (Matschie). 



' For use of the name Felis catus for the domestic cat see Pocock, Proc. 

 Zool Soc. London (1907), 149. 



