The survey of western Palestine. The fauna and flora of Palestine (1884) (14775841962)

Identifier: surveyofwesternp00tris (find matches)
Title: The survey of western Palestine. The fauna and flora of Palestine
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Tristram, H. B. (Henry Baker), 1822-1906
Subjects: Animals -- Palestine Plants -- Palestine
Publisher: London, The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden



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n •I 1. ELIOMYS MELANURUS. 2.ARVIC0LA GUENTHER) 3. ARVl CO LA NIVALIS. MAMMALIA. . 13 This Sand-Rat is found throughout the whole of the sandy regions ofBarbary and North Africa. ^o. Psavimomys myosurus. Wagn. Wiegm. Archlv. 1848, 183. This species, described first from Syria by Wagner, appears to takethe place of the above in the higher ground. It has not been noticedbeyond Syria. 51. Psammomys tamaricinus. Kuhl. Beitr. 6g. A small rodent met with beyond the south end of the Dead Seaappears to belong to this species, which is known from South-easternRussia. SUB-FAMILY, ARVICOLINI. 52. Arvicola nivaiis. Bias. Wirbelth. Deutschl., p. 359. Alpine Vole. Plate IV. 3.One of the most interesting discoveries we made was that of theAlpine Vole, which I took close to the snow-line on Mount Hermon inJune. The specimen, identical with those from the Alps and Pyrenees,is now in the British Museum. The species was hitherto known onlyfrom the Alps, and rarely from the Pyrenees. 53. Arvicola arval