324 



B. AOKI : 



DlST. Throughout the Palaearctic region as far as the Alps and 

 Himalayas (Blanford) ; Japan : N. Hondo, Hokkaido and Saghalicn. 



147. Mustela itatsi Temm. 



Putorius sibériens, Selater, Cat. Mamni. Ind. Mus., ii, 1891, p. 282 

 (pars). 



Mustela itatsi, Temminck, Fauna Japonica, Mamm., p. 34 (1844). 



Putorius itatsi, Thomas, P. Z. S , 1905, ii, p. 343. 



NOM. Jap. Itachi. Nom. Ang. Japanese mink. 



DlST. Hondo, Shikoku, Kiüshiü ( Thomas), Hokkaido : Hakodate. 



148. Mustela sibirica Pall. 



Mustela sibirica, Pallas, Spie. Zool., xiv, p. 86 (1780) ; Gray, List 

 Ma mm. Brit. Mus., p. 66 (1843); Blyth, Cat. no., 200, p. 68; Radde, 

 Ost Sibériens, i, p. 45; Swinhoe, Zoologist, 1858, p. 6223; Schrenck, 

 Amur Land, Mamm, p. 37 (1859); Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm, p. 

 94 ; Swinhoe, P. Z. S., ! 870, p. 624. 



Putorius sibériens, Hamilton-Smith, Griff. Anim. Kingd., v, p. 122 

 (1827) ; Coues, Fur-bearing Anim. N. Amer., p. 171 ; Selater, Cat. 

 Mamm. Ind. Mus., ii, p. 282 (1891). 



Vison sibirica, Gray, P. Z. S., 1865, p. 117. 



Putorius Sibiriens, Thomas, P. Z. S., 1906, ii, p. 861 ; ibid., 1907, 

 ii, p. 464. 



Lutreola sibirica, Thomas, P. Z. S., 1908, p. 53. 

 NOM. Ang. Red house-stoat or mink. 



DlST. Siberia generally, Amur Land (Schrenck) ; Japan : Tsushima 

 (Thomas) ; China, Formosa (Swinhoe). 



149. Mustela vulgaris Briss. 



Mustela vulgaris, Brisson, Regn. Anim., p. 241 (1758); Erxleben, 

 Syst. Regne Anim., p. 471 (1777) ; Blyth, Cat., no. 204, p. 69; Blainville 

 Ostéogr. Mustela, t. 7 (skull), t. 13 (teeth); Nilsson, Skand. Fauna, 



