CITELLUS 929 



Hirschberg, Bohemia: head and body, 200 (195-215); tail, 6(5 

 (60-73); hind foot, 36 • 6 (35 ■ 4-38 • 4). Average and extremes 

 of six adults from Znaim, Mahren, Austria-Hungary : head and 

 body, 209-1 (200-220); tail, 63-7 (58-70); hind foot, 36-4 

 (35 • 6-37). For cranial measurements see Table, p. 930. 



Specimens examined. — Thirty-nine, from the following localities : — 



Austria-Hungary : Haida, Arva, Bohemia, 1 ; Hirschberg, Bohemia, 5 ; 

 Znaim, Mahren, 7 ; Gsall6k6z-Somorja, western Hungary, 4 ; central 

 Hungary, 1; Sarvar, Bisenburg, Hungary, 1 (U.S.N.M.); Monos Petrie, 

 Bihar, 2 ; Osehtelek, Bihar, 6. 



Roumania: Kustendje, 2; Dobrudscha, 3 (B.M., U.S.N.M. and Genoa) ; 

 Moldavia, 3. 



( Bulgaria: Bogoroff, Sofia, 1; Sofia, 2 (Andersen). 



Turkey : Ob-Meidan, 1. 



2 S, 2 ?. Hirschberg, Bohemia, Lord Lilford (p). 8. 9. 10. 1-4. 



Austria-Hungary. 

 S, 3 9. Znaim, Mahren. Lord Lilford (p). 8. 9. 10. 1-4. 



4. Osall6koz-Somorja, Press- Budapest Museum (e). 94. 3. 1. 33-36. 



burg, 400 ft. 

 2 ?. Monos Petrie, Bihar. Hon. N. C. Eoths- 9. 7. 23. 1-2. 



child (c & p). 

 2 S, 4 9. Osehtelek, Bihar. Hon. Mrs. Chas. 10. 9. 14. 2-7. 



Rothschild (c & p). 

 2. Kustendje, Boumania. E. Cavendish Taylor 5. 5. 6. 16-17. 



(c & p). 

 1. Dobrudscha. Purchased (Pruliere). 86. 4. 2. 3. 



1. Moldavia. Dr. E. Riippell. 42. 9. 4. 1. 



1. Moldavia. Purchased (Lead- 43. 9. 11. 2. 



beater). 

 1. Moldavia. Dr. J. E. Gray (p). 123. a. 



9. Bogoroff, Sofia, Bulgaria. Dr. A. Richards 2. 10. 5. 1. 



(c & p). 



CITELLUS SUSLICA Gueldenstaedt. 



1770. Mus suslica Gueldenstaedt, Nov. Comm. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop., 



xiv, pt. i, p. 389 (Voronezh, Russia). 

 1770. [Mus citellus'] var. guttatus Pallas, Nov. Comm. Acad. Sci. Imp. 



Petrop., xiv, pt. I, p. 506, pi. 21, fig. 2 (Doubtfully a name). 

 1792. [Arctomys] citellus B leucopictus Donndorff, Zool. Beytrage, i, p. 486 



(Renaming of guttatus). 

 1845. Splermophilus] guttulatus Schinz. Synop. Mamm., n, p. 70 (Renaming 



of guttatus). 

 1910. Citellus guttatus Trouessart, Paune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 128. 



Type locality. — Voronezh, Chernigof, Russia. 

 Geographical distribution. — Central Russia and eastern 

 Hungary. 



Diagnosis. — Slightly smaller than Citellus citellus, and tail 

 relatively shorter; back marked with sharply denned whitish 

 spots about 4 mm. in diameter ; skull smaller than that of 

 C. citellus, the rostrum and palate narrower and incisive foramina 

 much reduced in size. 



Colour. — Dorsal area from nape to base of tail a tawny russet 

 faintly clouded by blackish hair tips, and thickly spotted with 

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