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ISLAND LIFE 



PART II 



RODENTIA. 



15. Sciuropterus nigripes. Philipj lines and Palawan. 



16. SciuTus 2:)Mlippinensis. Mindanao, Basilan. 



17. mindanensis. Mindanao. 

 18 samarensis. Samar. 



19. NannosciuTus concinnus. Mindanao, Basilan. 



20. ,, samaricut. Samar. 



21. Cel^.nomys silaceus. Luzon. 



22. Crunomys fallax. Luzon. 



23. PHLiEOMYS CUMMINGI. Luzon, Miudoro. 



24. ,, PALLIDUS. Luzon. 



25. PtHYNCOMYS soRicoiDES. Luzon. 



26. Chrotomys whiteheadi. Luzon. 



27. Mus everetti. 



28. luzonicus. Luzon. 



29. ,, mindorensis. Mindoro, Negros. 



30. chrysocomus. Luzon, Celebes (?) 



31. ,, epliij^pium, var. negrinus. Luzon, Negrcs. 



32. castaneus. 



33. Batomys granti. Luzon. 



34. Carpomys melanitrus. Luzon, 



35. PHAEURUS Luzon. 



36. Crateromys schadenbergi. Luzon. 



Ungulata. 



37. Sus celebensis, var. 'pliili'ppinensis. 



38. ,, minutus. Mindanao. 



39. Tragulus nigricans. Balabac. 



40. Cermis philippinus. Luzon. 



41. ,, nigricans. 



42. ,, alfredi. Samar, Leite. 



43. ,, steeri. Basilan. 



44. Buffelus mindorensis. Mindoro. A small buffalo somewhat like 



the Anoa. 



N.B. — The two domestic rats of Europe have been omitted from this 

 list as certainly introduced. 



The bats (Chiroptera), being very numerous and of little 

 popular interest, are also omitted. There are 35 species 

 now discovered and they belong to sixteen genera. Six- 

 teen of the species and one genus are peculiar to the 

 Philippines. Of the 44 true land mammals no less than 

 33 are peculiar (indicated by italics and capitals) or exactly 

 three-fourths of the whole. This is a very large amount of 

 speciality as compared with Borneo, which has only one- 

 third peculiar. There are also eight peculiar genera (in- 

 dicated by small capitals), but these are all among the 

 rodents, which are perhaps less known in many of the sur- 

 rounding countries. 



Birds. — The late Marquis of Tweeddale made a special 



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