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ISLAND LIFE 



PAET II 



7. Crocidura murina. Musk Rat. China. 



8. Sorex sp. A Shrew, undescribed. 



9. Erinaceus sp. A Hedgehog, undescribed. 



10. Ursus tibetanus. The Tibetan Bear. Himalayas and North China. 



11. Helictis subauraiiiiaca. The orange-tinted Tree Civet. Allied to H. 



nipalensis of the Himalayas more than to H. moschata of China. 

 ] 2, Mustela flavigula, var. The yellow-necked Marten. India, China. 



13. Putorius sibirica. China, Siberia. 



14. Felis nebulosa. The clouded Tiger of Himalayas, Siam and Malaya. 



15. Felis viverrina. The Asiatic wild Cat. Himalayas and Malacca. 



16. Felis bengalensis. China, India, Burma. 



17. Viverra malaccensis. Spotted Civet China, India, Malaya. 



18. Paradoxurus larvatus. Gem-faced Civet. China. 



19. Sus taivamis. Allied to the wild Pig of Japan. 



20. Cervulus reevesii. Reeve's Muntjac. China. 



21. Cervus tccvayms. Formosan Spotted Deer. Allied to C. sika of 



Japan. 



22. Cervus swinhoii. Swinhoe's Rusa Deer. Allied to Indian and Malayan 



species 



23. Nemorhedus sivinhoii. Swinhoe's Goat-antelope. Allied to the species 



of Sumatra and Japan. 



24. Bos chinensis. South China wild Cow. 



25. Mus coxingi. Spinous Country- rat. Burma, 



26. Mus canna. Silken Country-rat. 



27. Mus losea. Brown Country-rat, 



28. Nesokia nemorivagus, India, China, 



29. Sciurus castaneoventris. Chestnut-bellied Squirrel. China and 



Hainan. 



30. S. atrodorsalis, Nepal, China, 



31. Xerus m'clellandi. M'Clelland's Squirrel. Himalayas, China. 



32. Sciuroplerus pearsoni. Small Flying Squirrel. Himalayas, Yunan. 



33. P. nitidus. Large Red Flying Squirrel. Indo-China and Malay Is. 



34. Pteromys pectoralis. "VVhite-l3reasted Flying Squirrel. From South 



Formosa. 



35. Lepus sinensis, Chinese Hare, Inhabits South China. 



36. Manis aurita. Scaly Ant-eater. S, China and the Himalayas. 



The most interesting and suggestive feature connected 

 with these Formosan mammals is the identity or affinity 

 of several of them, with Indian or Malayan rather than 

 with Chinese species. We have the rock-monkey of 

 Formosa allied to the rhesus monkeys of India and 

 Burma, not to those of South China and Hainan. The 

 tree civet {Helictis subaurantiaca), and the small flying 

 squirrel {Sciuro])terus kaleensis), are both allied to Hima- 

 layan species. Swinhoe's deer and goat-antelope are 

 nearest to Malayan species, as are the red and white- 

 breasted flying squirrels ; while the fruit-bat, the wild pig, 

 and the spotted deer are all allied to peculiar Japanese 



