290 



Ji. AO Kl 



DlST. Okishima (Thomas). 



59. Lepus formosus Thos. 



Lepus formosus, Thomas, Ann. Mag. N. H., (8), i, p. 449 (1908). 

 DlST. Formosa (Thomas). 



60. [Lepus sinensis 1 Gray.] 



Lepus sinensis, Gray, Hardwicker's 111. Ind. Zool ; Swinhoe, P. Z. 

 S., 1862, p. 359; ibid., 1870, p. 639. 

 NOM- Ang. Chinese hare. 

 DlST. Formosa, S. China (Swinhoe). 



61. Lepus timidus timidus 2 Linn. 



Lepus timidus, Linnaeus, S. N., (10), p. 57 (1758) ; ibid., Fauna Suec, 

 2nd. ed., 1761, p. 9 (nec Lepus timidus Gmel.) ; Erxleben, Syst. Règne 

 Anim., 1777, p. 329; Thumberg, Beskr. pa Svenske Djr., 1798, p. 38; 

 Retzius, Fauna Suec., i, p. 31 (1800) ; Lilijeborg, Kongl. Vetensk. 

 Akad., i, Stockh. Handl., 1850 (1851), p. 21 ; ibid., Fauna öfner 

 Sveriges och Norges Rygradsdjur, 1873, p. 418 ; Holmgren, Skandin. 

 Dägg., 1865, p. 280; Coues et Allen, Monogr. N. Amer. Rodent., p. 

 288 (1877); Barrett- Hamilton, P. Z. S., 1900, p. 88 ; Thomas, P. Z. S., 

 1907, p. 414. 



1) O. Thomas says: — "It is, however, to be noticed that Consul Swinhoe recorded 

 Lepus sinensis as a native of Formosa (P. Z. S., 1S62, p. 359), and that the one adult sl<in 

 (No. 62, 12, 24, 16) of his collection sent as from the island is certainly more like sinensis 

 than formosus. Whether, however, both forms occur in Formosa, or whether this specimen 

 has been wrongly labelled, are questions which can only be settled when the mammal 

 fauna of the island is more completely known. But considering the uniformity among them- 

 selves of all the specimens, young and old, they are unquestionably from Formosa. I am 

 inclined to think that the specimen referred to has been incorrectly labelled " (see Ann. Mag. 

 N. H., (8), i, p. 450). 



2) Other synonyms of Lepus timidus are as follows (Barrett-Hamilton) : — 



Lepus albus Brisson, 1756; Lepus variabilis Pallas, 1778 ; Le/>us borealis sylvaticits 

 Nilsson, 1829 — 1832 (nec Bechman, 1837); Lepus canescens, 1844; Lepus borealis Nilsson, 

 1847. 



