Naora, Nobuo 
1941 Miscellaneous Notes on Japanese mammais (Nipponsan Zurui Zatsuwa), 8vo, Tokyo, 
pp 1-408, 31 fig, 2 pl, Feb 1941. 
A popular account of various living and fossil mammals, chiefly historical and 
descriptive, A chapter on scatology describes the feces of 10 wild forms, 
1942-43 "History of Japanese Mammals": Nat Sci Mus, pt 1, XIII (12), pp 5-7, 1942; 
pt 2, XIV (1), pp 24-30, 1943; pt 3, XIV (2), pp 4-7, 1943; pt 4, XIV (3), pp 
15-20, 1943; pt 5, XIV (4), pp 6-11, 1943. 
A summary of the mammalian paleontology of Japan, with short descriptions of 
the known fossils, and the author's conclusions on their origin and development, 
The earliest known Japanese mammal fossil is the lower mandible of Brachyodus 
japonicus, an artiodoctyl found in Oligocene coal deposits near Nagasaki, end 
the only mammal known from that epoch, Sixteen fossil mammals are known from 
the Miocene, 13 from the Pliocene, and 15 from the Pleistocene, two of which, 
the Japanese deer and serow, are still extant, The earlier species, those of 
the Oligocene and Miocene, belong to south Asiatic stock, and the northern 
European element did not appear in Japan until the Pliocene and Pleistocene, 
1943 My Diary on Pipistrelle (Komori Nikki), 8vc, Kyoto, pp 1-473, 41 fig, 1 pl, 
Dec 1943, 
A detailed record of daily observations on the Indian pipistrelle in the Tokyo 
area from the species appearance 6 March 1942 to its disappearance 6 December 
1942,: Included are miscellaneous notes on other species of bats. 
1944 A History of Japanese Mammals (Nippon Honyudobutsu Shj), 8vo, Nara, 9 pl, pp 
1-265, 20 Jul 1944, 
This textbook on Japanese ancient and modern mammals traces the paleontological 
development of both land and marine types, 
Noguchi, Eisaburo 
1943 "On the Utility of the Common Dolphin and Dall's Porpoise": Hyogo Chu Hak Zas, 
(8,9), pp 17-22, 8 fig, Jan 1943, 
Author reports the body length, body color, the weight of various internal or- 
gans, and the utilization of skin and meat of two species of porpoise, Delphinus 
delphie and Phocoenoides dallii, which are obtained near coastal Hyogo Prefec- 
ture, 
Ogata, Toji 
1943 "On the Pelew Sheath-Tailed Bat, Emballonura semi-caudata palauensis Yamashina": 
Bot Zool, XI (2), pp 175-177, Feb 1943, 
A description and tables of measurements of this bat from Palau Islands, 
Omura, Hideo, Matsuura, Yoshio, and Miyazaki, Ichiro 
1942 Whales and Whaling (Kujira - Sono Kwagaku to Hogei no Jissai), 8vo, Tokyo, pp 
1-319, 88 fig, 8 pl, Jun 1942, 
This is the most complete modern account of Japenese whaling. Mr Matsuura 
discusses whales from the biological standpoint, the species of whbles, their 
characteristics, and whaling methods. Mr Miyazaki contributes chaptdérs on 
the utilization of the whale's body and the geography of the Antarctic seas, 
Mr Omura tells of the historical development of whaling and international 
whaling regulations, 
