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Pam. DIPODIDiE. 

 Sub-Fam. Sicistinae. 



Gen. Sicista 1 Gray. 

 Sicisla, Gray, Griff. Anim. Kingd., p. 228 (1827). 



121. Sicista caudata Thos. 



Sicista caudata, Thomas, P. Z. S., 1907, p. 413. 

 DlST. Saghalien (Thomas). 



Per. HYSTRICOMORPHA. 

 Farn. HYSTRICIDiE. 



Gen. Hystrix* Linn. 



Hystrix, Linnaeus, S. N., (10), p. 56 (1758); Blanford, Fauna Brit. 

 Ind. Mamm., p. 441 (1888 — 91). 



122. Hystrix subcristata 3 Swinhoe. 



Hystrix sp., Swinhoe, P. Z. S., 1864, p. 378 ; Allen, Bull. Amer. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., xxii, p. 472 (1906). 



Hystrix hodgsoni, Swinhoe, P. Z. S., 1870, p. 233. 



Hystrix subcristata, Swinhoe, P. Z. S., 1870, p. 638. 



NOM. Jap. Yamaarashi. Nom. Ang. Sub-crested porcupine. 



DlST. Hainan, PFormosa (Swinhoe). 



1) Synonymous with Sminlhus Keys. & Bias. 1839. (Thomas). 



2) Other synonyms of Gen. Hyslrix are as follows (Blanford) : — 

 Acantkion Cuvier; Acanthochœrus Gray. 



3) R. Swinhoe says: — "The porcupine occurs in Hainan, but in Formosa I have never 

 detected it. The Taiwanfoo Gazetteer (a Chinese work), however, includes it in its list of 

 the natural productions of that island " (see P. Z. S., 1870, p. 639). 



