Shikama, Tokio 
1942 “On the Deer of Ponape Island, Caroline Group": Bull Bioge Soc Jap, XII (6), pp 
97-103, 6 fig, Aug 1942, f 
Deer were introduced to Ponape Island from the Philippines soon after the island 
was first settled in 1885, and still survive in its thick jungles, The author 
gives detailed descriptions of two Ponape deer skulls, which he assigns to Cervus 
(Buse) unicolor. In the absence of comparative material, he is unable to deter- 
mine the subspecies accurately. Wuile the two skulls show minor variations, 
they are not sufficiently distinct to warrent further seperation and are closest 
to ©. u. mariannus. 
Shimizu, Mitsuo 
1942 "On the Relative Growth of Bones in Rats of the Genus Rattus Collected in the Same 
Hizh Plateaus" (with English resume): Zool Mag, LIV (3), po 100-107, 3 fig, Mar 
1942, i 
The relative growth rates of the bones of the head, extremities, and girdles were 
investigated on two species of rats, Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus rattus, 
caught at Sugadsira, on a plateau 1,300-1,400 meters above sea level, Very little 
difference was found, 
1942 "On the Reletive Growth of Bones in Adult Voles (Microtue montebelli)" (with English 
resume): Zool Mag, LIV (4), pp 135-143, 2 fig, 2 tbl, Mar 1942, 

Investigations were made on the relative growth of bones of Microtus as wes done 
with Rattus in the preceding paper, In both Rattus and Microtus the growth of 
the skull is less pronounced than that of the bones of other parts, that of the 
sternum being most pronounced, followed by the hind and fore limbs, 
Shimoizumi, Jukichi, Shimizu, Mitsuo, and Nagura, Otohiko 
1942 "Studies on tke Development of Bat (I) Relative Growth of Bones of Japanese Long- 
Winged Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii japoniae Thomas): Zool Mag, LIV (12), pp 
483-488, 4 fig, Dec 1942, 
The authors studied the proportional growth of bones in adult Japanese long- 
winged bats and determined the relation between the mechanism and growth, com-— 
paring it with those in rats from Shimizu (Rattus and Microtus) and the house 
wren of Huggings, The head develops very fast, and the weak development of the 
extremities resembles that of the house wrens and not of rats. 

Siota, Gizo 
1946 "On the Platinum Fox (a Mutant of Silver Fox) Imported to Hokkaido": Seibutu, I 
(3), pp 157-159, 1 fig, Jun 1946, 
In 1941, 15 breeding animals (6 males and 9 females) were imported from America 
where they had been kept one year after importation from Norway, The stock has 
multiplied, and as yet none have been killed, 
Sonon, Jinhaku 
1941 "Food Habits of the Formosan Pangolin": Jour Taiwan Mus Assoc, IX (3), pp 9-10, 
2 fig, Jun 1941, 
The author examined stomachs of 11 pangolins to determine their food habits, The 
ants were mostly Palyrhachis dives with a few Pheidologeten yanoi, Among the 
termites eaten are Odeontotermas formosanus and Leucotermas speratus, but none were 
found in the stomechs examined, 
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