452 



CARNIVORA 



and 560 ; tail, 445 and 470 ; hind foot, 81 and 84 ; ear, 46 

 and 43. 



Specimens examined. — Nine, from the following localities in Spain: 

 near Seville, 5 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.); near Madrid, 2 ; Valencia, 1 skull 

 (U.S.N.M.); Gerona, 1 skull (U.S.N.M.). 



Remarks. — On the basis of the few specimens that I have 

 seen I am unable to recognize more than a single race of Genetta 

 from the Iberian Peninsula, apart from the somewhat doubtful 

 occurrence of the French form at the extreme north. 



2 <5, 2 9. 



Genetta genetta baleaeica Thomas. 



1902. Genetta genetta balearica Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., 



x, p. 162, August, 1902. Type in British Museum. 

 1910. Genetta genetta balearica Trouessart, Paune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 88. 



Type locality. — Inca, Majorca, Balearic Islands. 



Geographical distribution. — Balearic Islands. 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Genetta genetta genetta but general 

 colour paler, a light cream-buff with faint brownish tinge ; tips 

 of hairs of underf ur more whitish than in the continental Spanish 

 animal ; spots rather larger (many of them attaining a diameter 

 of 30 mm.) but showing no peculiarities in arrangement. 



Measurements. — Type (young-adult male) : head and body, 

 520 ; tail, 480 ; hind foot, 87. Adult male and female from the 

 same island : head and body, 580 and 550 ; tail, 440 and 420 j 

 hind foot, 85 and 82. For cranial measurements see Table 

 opposite. 



Specimens examined. — Pour, all from the Island of Majorca. 



6, 1 ?. Majorca, Balearic Islands. 0. Thomas (p). 1. 6. 1. 1-4. 



(Br. Biutort.) (1. 6. 1. 3. Type of subspecies.) 



Genetta genetta rhodanica Matschie. 



1902. Genetta rhodanica Matschie, Verhandl. des V Intern. Zool. Congr., 



Berlin, 1901, p. 1139. 

 1910. Genetta genetta vulgaris Trouessart, Paune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 86 



(not Genetta vulgaris Lesson). 



Type locality. — Montpellier, Herault, France. 



Geographical distribution. — South-western France from the 

 valleys of the Rhone and Loire to the Bay of Biscay ; perhaps 

 westward through the Asturias. 



