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7. Crocidura muriiia. Musk Itat. China. 



8. Sorex sp. A Shrew, undesciibed. 



9. Erinaceiis sp. A Hedgehog, undesciibed. 



10. Ursus tibetanus. The Tibetan Bear. Himalayas and North Cldna. 



11. Helictis suhaurantiaca. The orange-tinted Tree Civet. Allied to //. 



ni2oalcnsis of the Himalayas more than to H, moschata of China. 



12. Mustek flavigula, var. The yellow-necked Marten. India, China. 



13. Putorius sibirica. China, Siberia. 



14. Felis nebulosa. The clouded Tiger of Himalayas, Siam and Malayj. 



15. Felis viverrina. The Asiatic wild Cat. Himalayas and Malacca. 



16. Felis bengalensis. China, India, Burma. 



17. Yiverra malaccensis. Spotted Civet China, India, Malaya. 



18. Paradoxurus larvatus. Gem-faced Civet. China. 



19. Siis taivanus. Allied to the wild Pig of Japan. 



20. Cervulus reevesii. Reeve's Muntjac. China. 



21. Cervus tcevanus. Formosan Spotted Deer. Allied to C. sika of 



Japan. 



22. Cervus sivinhoii. Swinhoe's Rusa Deer. Allied to Indian and Malayan 



species 



23. Nemorhedus swinhoii. Swinhoe's Goat-antelope. Allied to the species 



of Sun)atra and Japan. 



24. Bos chinensis. South China wild Cow. 



25. Mus coxingi. Spinous Country-rat. Burma. 



26. Mus canna. Silken Country-rat. 



27. Mus losea. Brown Country-rat. 



28 Nesokia nemori vagus. India, China. 



29. Sciurus castaneoventris. Chestnut-bellied Squirrel. China and 



Hainan. 



30. S. atrodorsalis. Nepal, China. 



31. Xerus m'clellandi. M'Clelland's Squirrel. Himalayas, China. 



32. Sciuroplerus pearsoni. Small Flying Squirrel. Himalayas, Yunan. 



33. P. nitidus. Large Red Flying Squirrel. Indo-China and Malay Is. 



34. Pteromys pedoralis. White-breasted Flying Squirrel. From South 



Formosa. 



35. Lepus sinensis. Chinese Hare. Inhabits South China. 



36. Manis aurita. Scaly Ant-eater. S. China and the Himalayas. 



The most interesting and suggestive feature connected 

 with these Formosan mammals is the identity or affinity 

 of several of them, with Indian or Malayan rather than 

 with Chinese species. We have the rock-monkey of 

 Formosa allied to the rhesus monkeys of India and 

 Burma, not to those of South China and Hainan. The 

 tree civet {Helictis siohaurantiaca)^ and the small flying 

 squirrel (Sciitrojiterics kaleensis), are both allied to Hima- 

 layan species. Swinhoe's deer and goat-antelope are 

 nearest to Malayan species, as are the red and white- 

 breasted flying squirrels ; while the fruit-bat, the wild pig, 

 and the spotted deer are all allied to peculiar Japanese 



