対馬におけるツシマヤマネコの分布

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The author and his co-workers, walking themselves around the islands, made sure of the habitats and inhabiting conditions of Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus Besides, we requested some veteran hunters who have many opportunities of walking around the hills and field for hunting, to report only on unmistakable evidence the districts where its dung and corpses were witnessed, or some young and adult one of the species were caught, or some came out and attacked hens and so forth. As the result it has been proved that Feris bengalensis s. sp. inhabits not merely along the western coast, but also in the eastern coast districts and the mountain regions, that is to say, the spiecies is distributed all over the islands of Tsushima. It is also estimated that the islands are inhabited by 300 head or a little wore of Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus in all.