577 



Glis glis glis Linnseus. 



1766. [Sciurus] glis Linnseus, Syst. Nat., i, 12th ed., p. 87 (Central 

 Europe). 



1779. [Gits'] esculentus Blumenbaoh, Handb. der Naturgesch., p. 79 (Central 

 Europe). 



1816. Glis vulgaris Oken, Lehrbuch der Naturgesch., in, pt. 2, p. 868 



(Germany). 

 1832. ?M[yoxus] giglis F. Cuvier, N. Ann. Mus. d'H. N. Paris, I, p. 444. 



Nomen nudum, " le loir proprement dit." 

 1840-45. Myoxus avellcmus Owen, Odontography, n, p. 25, pi. 105. 

 1857. Myoxus glis Biasius, Saugethiere Deutschlands, p. 292. 

 1890. Myoxus glis Beuvens, Die Myoxidae oder Schlaefer, p. 61. 

 1895. Gtis (sic) glis Merriam, Science, N.S., I, p. 376, April 5, 1895. 

 1910. Glis glis Trouessart, Paune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 131. 



Type locality. — Germany. 



Geographical distribution. — Central Europe from northern 

 Germany (Mecklenburg) to the Pyrenees and northern Italy, 

 and from the Atlantic coast eastward. 



Diagnosis. — Size medium, the hind foot about 30 mm. or less, 

 the condylobasal length of skull about 35 to 39 mm. ; molars 

 not enlarged ; general colour of upper parts a yellowish broccoli- 

 brown scarcely darkened by the longer blackish hairs ; tail 

 essentially concolor with body, the extremity usually tinged 

 with drab, but hardly ever noticeably darker than basal portion. 



Measurements. — Adult male from Zurich, Switzerland : head 

 and body, 165; tail, 150; hind foot, 29. Adult male from 

 Bruggen, St. Gallen, and adult male from Mels, Rheinthal, 

 St. Gallen: head and body, 180 and 170; tail, 120 and 130; 

 hind foot, 28 and 29. Adult female from Hatszeg, Hunyad, 

 Hungary: head and body, 147; tail, 135; hind foot, 29' 4. 

 Adult male and female from Ceresole dAlba, Turin, Italy : head 

 and body, 170 and 176 ; tail, 146 and 149 ; hind foot, 27 '4 and 

 27. Sixteen adults from various localities in northern Italy 

 (Genoa) : hind foot, 27 to 28 • 5. For cranial measurements see 

 Table, p. 580. 



Specimens examined. — Ninety-two, from the following localities : — 



France : No exact locality, 5 ; near Nimes, Gard, 4. 



Germany: Saxony, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Bavaria, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Marxheim,. 

 Bavaria, 2 ; Ekernkrug, 1. 



Austria-Hungary : Steiermark, 1 ; Holl6s, Eisenburg, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; 

 Trieste, 1 ; Herkulesbad, 1 ; Hatszeg, Hunyad, 6. 



Switzerland ; Les Plans, Vaud, 3 (U.S.N.M.) ; Interlaken, Bern, 1 

 (U.S.N.M.) ; Miirren, Bern, 1 ; Lucerne, 1 ; St. Gothard, Uri, 1 ; Zurich, 1 

 (U.S.N.M.) ; Thayngen, Schaffhausen, 2 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.) ; Bruggen, 

 St. Gallen, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Degersheim, St. Gallen, 2 (U.S.N.M.) ; Toggen- 

 burg, St. Gallen, 1 (U.S.N.M.). ; Mels, St. Gallen, 2 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.) ; 

 Wolfhalden, Appenzell, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Biasca, Ticino, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Bug- 

 giolo, Ticino, 1 (U.S.N.M.); Carmago, Ticino, 2 (U.S.N.M.); Lonvico, 

 Ticino, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; Vezia, Ticino, 1 (U.S.N.M.) ; no exact locality, 1. 



Italy : Padola, Cadore, 1 (Turin) ; Porlezza, Como, 23 (Ghidini) ; 



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