HAND-LIST OF JAPANESE AND FORMOSAN MAMMALS. 319 



Mamm. Ind. Mus., ii, p. 266 (1891). 



Cam's {Nyc ter ■entes) viverrinus, Temminck, Fauna Japonica, Mamm., 

 p. 40 (1844); Schrenck, Amur Land, Mamm., p. 53 (1859). 



Nyctereutes procyonoides, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus., p. 62 

 (1843); Gerrard, Cat. Bones. Mamm, p. 89; Thomas, P. Z. S., 1907, 

 p. 464. 



Nyctereutes viverrinus, Thomas, P. Z. S., 1905, ii, p. 343. 

 NOM. Jap. Tanuki or Muzina. Nom. Ang. Racoon-like dog. 

 DlST. E. Asia from Amur Land to Canto, Japan : Hondo, 

 Shikoku, Kiüshiü and Hokkaido, but not Formosa (Sclater). 



ALOPECOIDEA. 



Gen. Vulpes Briss. 



Vulpes, Brisson, Regn. Anim., 1758 ; Huxley, P. Z. S., 1880, p. 286 ; 

 Blanford, Fauna Brit. Ind. Mamm., p. 147 (1888 — 91); Sclater, Cat. 

 Mamm. Ind. Mus., ii, p. 267 (1891). 



Cynalopex, Smith, Jard. Nat. Libr., ix, p. 222 (1839). 



138. Vulpes japonicus Gray. 



fCanis vulpes, Temminck, Fauna Japonica, Mamm., p. 39 (1844). 

 Vulpes japonicus, Gray, P. Z. S., 1868, p. 517; ibid., Cat. Carn. 

 Brit, Mus., p. 204 (1869) ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm., p. 86. 

 NOM. Jap. Kitsune. Nom. Ang. Japanese fox. 

 DlST. Hondo, Shikoku, Kiüshiü and Hokkaido. 



139. Vulpes lagopus (Linn.). 



Canis lagopus, Linnaeus, S. N., (10), p. 40 (1758) ; Pallas, Zool. 

 Rosso Asiat., i, p. 5 1 (181 1) ; Blainville, Ostéogr., t. 5 (skull); Sclater, 

 Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus., ii, p. 264 (1891). 



Cam's {Vulpes) lagopus, Richardson, Fauna B. Amer., i, p. 83, 

 (1829). 



