ON A COLLECTION" OF JAPANESE AND FORMOSAN MAMMALS. 



Measurements of three specimens : 



6 



Head and 

 body 



Tail 



Ear 



Hind foot 



Total length 

 of skull 



Basilar length 

 of skull 



Zygomatic 

 breadth of 

 skull 



Length of 

 nasals 



Length of 

 upper molar 

 series 



Locality 



•s. 

 u 



xri 



139 



mm. 

 500 



mm. 

 25 



mm. 



74 



mm. 



146.5 



mm. 



93 



ram. 



74-5 . 



mm. 



47 



mm. 

 40.5 



mm- 



•5-5 



Near Kanazawa, 

 Kaga 





140 



537 



29.5 





131 



88 



71 



45 



38.5 



155 



Sado 



$ 



141 



485 





97 



155 



87 



70.5 



44 



36.5 



14.5 



Ilanatate, Ugo 



$ 



14. Lepus timidus ainu Barrett-Hamilton. 



One female in winter pelage collected by Mr. H. Orii at Uinai 

 near Tomakomai in Hokkaido, Jan. 8, 1917. Head and body 535 mm., 

 length of tail vertebrae 75 mm., hind-foot 155 mm., ear 79 mm. 

 Skull: total length 99 mm., basilar length 81.5 mm., zygomatic breadth 

 51.5 mm., length of nasals 42 mm., length of upper molar series 17 mm. 



15. Sciurus vulgaris orientis Thomas. 

 One male and one female in winter pelage obtained by Mr. H. 

 Orii at Uinai near Tomakomai, Jan. 4, 191 7. 



16. Sciurus lis Temminck. 



Hondo (exact locality unknown) : 1 J in summer pelage and 1 

 (sex ?) in winter pelage. Foot of Mt. Fuji : 1 J in wint. pel., Dec. 29, 

 1909. Urushiyama, Prov. Hida : ij in wint. pel., Jan. 30, 191 j. 

 Near Yomozu, Prov. Kai: 1 J in summ, pel., Dec. 3, 191 5. Omiya 

 in Chichibu, Prov. Musashi : 2 J s in wint. pel. and 1 ? in wint. pel., 

 Jan. 1916. Nikkö : 1 ? in wint. pel., early in Dec. 1917. 



17. Sciurus thaiwanensis centralis Bonhote. 



One specimen (sex ?) purchased in Formosa ; obtained near Horisha, 

 Nantö Distr., date unknown. 



