TECHNICAL NAMES OF BRITISH MAMMALS.
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first-named, with the "Ruddy Vole" of Northern Europe, and the "Red-backed Voles" of North America, may be distinguished by its semi-rooted teeth and more murine skull from the true Voles, of which our Water Vole and Short-tailed Vole are representative. The latter must of course be called Microtus, not Arvicola; while for the Bank Vole and its allies Dr. Coues's term Evotomys is available.
Lastly, in the Hares we have a repetition of the ever-recurring Scandinavian muddle. Linnæus's Lepus timidus was of course the northern, varying Hare, to which alone the name should be restricted; the Common Hare should take Pallas's name, Lepus europæus.
