CHAP. XVIII JAPAN AND FORMOSA 



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Japonica in 1844, but by collecting together most of the 

 scattered observations since that period the following list 

 has been drawn up, and has been corrected for the present 

 edition by Mr Oldfield Thomas of the British Museum. 

 The species believed to be peculiar to Japan are printed 

 in italics. These are very numerous, but as Corea and 

 Manchuria (the portions of the continent opposite Japan) 

 are comparatively little known, their number may be 

 somewhat diminished. 



List of the Mammalia of the Japanese Islands. 



1. Macacus speciosus. A monkey with rudimentary tail and red face, 



allied to the Barbary ape. It inhabits the island of Niphon up to 

 41° N. Lat., and has thus the most northern range of any living 

 monkey. 



2. Pieropus dasymallus. A peculiar fruit-bat, found in Kiusiu Island 



only (Lat, 83° N. ), and thus ranging further north of the equator 

 than any other species of the genus, 



3. Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum. The great horse-shoe bat, ranges from 



Britain across Europe and temperate Asia to Japan, It is the R. 

 nippon of the Fauna Japonica according to Mr, Dobson's Monograph 

 of Asiatic Bats. 



4. E. minor. Found also in Burma, Yunan, Java, Borneo, &c. 



5. Pipistrellus pipistrellus. From Britain across Europe and Asia. 



6. P. abramus. Also in India and China, 



7. P. noctula. From Britain across Europe and Asia, 



8. P, molossus. Also in China. 



9. Myotis macrodactylus. 



10. Miniopterus schreibersii. Philippines, Burma, Malay Islands. This 



is Vcspertilio hlepotis of the Fauna Japonica, 



11. Talpa wogura. Also in China. Closely resembles the common male 



of Europe, but has four incisors instead of six in the lower jaw. 



12. Talpa mizura. Giinth, Allied to T. europma. 



13. Urotrichus talpoides. A peculiar genus of moles confined to Japan, 



An American species has been named Urotrichus gibhsii, and Mr, 

 Lord after comparing the two says that he "can find no difference 

 whatever, either generic or specific. In shape, size, and colour, they 

 are exactly alike. " But Dr. Giintlier (P. Z. S. 1880, p. 441) states 

 that U. gibhsii differs so much in dentition from the Japanese 

 species that it should be placed in a distinct genus, which he calls 

 Neurotrichns. 



14. Dymecodon pilirostris. True. Yeddo. Peculiar genus of mole, allied 



to Urotrichus. 



15. Crocidura murina. A shrew, found also in India and Malaj^a. 



16. Sorex dzi-nezumi. 



17. S. umhrina. 



18. Chimarrogale platycephala. Water shrew, related to Himalayan and 



Bornean species. 



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