glis 579 



hind foot, 34; ear from meatus, 21. Young female from near 

 Palermo, Sicily (type of insularis) : head and body, 160 ; tail, 

 130 ; hind foot, 31 ; ear from meatus, 21. For cranial measure- 

 ments see Table, p. 581. 



Specimens examined,. —Forty, from the following localities in Italy : 

 near Genoa, 5 ; Tana del Mosto, Finalborgo, Genoa, 1 (Genoa) ; Perti, 

 Finalborgo, Genoa, 6 (Genoa) ; near Vittoria, western Liguria, 2 (Genoa) ; 

 Caluzzano, 1 (Genoa) ; Malasana, 2 Genoa) ; near Montariolo, 1 (Genoa) ; 

 Verona, 1 ; Florence, 1 ; Siena, 8 ; Viterbo, near Borne, 2 ; Monte Cimino, 

 Rome, 7 (Genoa) ; Monte Sirino, Lagonegro, 1 ; near Palermo, Sicily, 2. 



Remarks. — Throughout southern and central Italy, north 

 to about the region of Genoa, the large dormouse appears to be 

 very constant in its characters, differing from that of central 

 Europe in its greater size and heavier teeth, as well as in its 

 somewhat darker coloration. Further north, notably in the 

 region of Turin and at Porlezza, the colour becomes essentially 

 as in true glis, but the size remains a little above that of the 

 typical form. These northern specimens are probably best 

 treated as intermediates between glis and italicus, lying nearer 

 to the former than to the southern race. The two immature 

 specimens from Sicily which formed the basis of Glis insularis 

 are in very bad condition. Allowance being made for this, there 

 appears to be nothing to distinguish them from the ordinary 

 south-Italian form. 



2 9. Genoa, Italy. Genoa Museum (e). 7. 2. 28. 1-2. 



6, 2 9. Genoa. Marquis G. Doria (p). 89. 12. 11. 1-3. 



9. Verona. (Oonie delle 0. Thomas (p). 99. 11. 10. 4. 



Oddi.) 

 9. Florence. A. Savage Landor 97. 3. 7. 2. 



(o & p). 

 <J, 5 9. Siena. (Brogi.) Dr. E. Hamilton (p). 98.10.2.11-16. 



(98. 10. 2. 14. Type of subspecies.) 

 2. Siena. (Brogi.) G.Barrett-Hamilton 11. 1. 2. 60-61. 



( p )- 

 9. Monte Sirino, Lagonegro. O. Thomas (p). 6.8.4.1. 



(A. Bobert.) 

 2 9. Palermo, Sicily. J. I. S. Whitaker (p). 98. 10. 6. 4-5. 



(98. 10. 6. 4. Type of G. insularis Barrett-Hamilton.) 



Glis glis melonii Thomas. 



1907. Glis melonii Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., six, 



p. 445, May, 1907. Type in British Museum. 

 1910. Glis melonii Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 132. 



Type locality. — Marcurighe, Urzulei, Ogliastra, Sardinia. 



Geographical distribution. — Sardinia and probably Corsica also. 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Glis glis italicus, but not attaining so 

 large a size (skull rarely more than 41 mm. in condylobasal 

 length), and dark terminal area on tail not so extensive, seldom 

 involving more than distal third. 



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