593 



INDEX 



Lemming, 478 



Lemur, 541 ; L. catta, 542 ; L. leucomys- 



tax, 542 ; L. macaco, 542 ; L. niger- 



rimus, 54li ; L.' rufipes, 542 ; L. rarius, 



12, 542 



Lemur, Gentle, 540 

 Lemuridae, 538 

 Lemuroidea, 534 



Leopard, 395 ; Snow, 396 ; Hunting, 400 

 Lepilemnr, 540 ; L. mvstdinus, 540 

 Leporidae, 502 



Leptarctus, 431 : L. primaemts, 431 

 Lepta/uchenia, 331 

 Leptomeryx, 284 

 Leptonyx, 453 ; L. wcdddli, 453 

 Lepus, 502 ; L. americanus, 504 ; L. 



crawshayi, 504 ; L. cumculus, 502 ; 



brain of, 77 ; Z. europaeiis, 504 ; Z. 



timidus, 504 ; Z. whytei, 504 

 Lestodon, 183 

 Limgxomys, 476 

 Limnofelis, 456 



Limnogale, 512 ; Z. mcrgulus, 513 

 Linsang, 406 

 Lion, 393 

 Liponyx, 526 

 Listriodon, 279 

 Lithocranius, 313 

 Litopterna, 267 

 Liver, 64 



Loncheres, 489 ; Z. guianae, 489 

 Lophiodon, 250 

 Lophiodontidae, 247 

 Lophiomys, 476 ; Z. imhausi, 476 

 Lophodont teeth, definition of, 51 

 LopJiatragus michicmus, 294 n. 

 Lophuromys, 472 

 Zori's, 23, 547 ; Z. gracilis, 547 

 Lungs, 69 



Zwira, 440 ; Z. vulgaris, 441 

 Lycaon, 416 ; /,. anglicus, 416 ; Z. 



pictws, 416 

 Lycyaena, 413 



Lyncodon, 437 ; Z. luganensis, 437 

 Lynx, 397 

 Lytta, a rod formed of connective tissue 



within the tongue, 416 



Macacus, 563 ; JZ cynomolgus, 564 ; JZ 



I'WMMS, 563 ; JZ leoninus, 564 ; J/. 



nemestrinus, 564 ; Jf. priscus, 569 ; J/. 



rAesws, 564 ; J/. silenus, 564 ; 3/. 



sinicus, 564 ; Af. speciosm, 564 ; JZ 



tcheliensis, 563, 564 

 Machaerodontidae, 401 

 Machaerodus, 402 ; Af. pohnidens, 402 

 Macleayius, 358 

 Macravchenift, 267 

 Macraucheniidae, 267 

 Macroglossus, 526 

 Macropodidae, 129 

 Macropodinae. 131, 132 



Macropus, 132 ; Jf. brunii, 133 ; JZ 

 giganteus, 132; Jf. MTOW, 133.; J-Z 

 rufus, 132 



Macrorhinus, 453 ; JZ leoninus, 454 

 Macroscelidae, 515 

 Macroscelides, 515 

 Macrotherium, 211 

 Malacmnys, 472 

 Malacothrix, 476 



Mammals, position in Vertebrate series, 1 ; 

 characters of, 3 ; coloration of, 10, 11 ; 

 Reptilian ancestors of, 90 ; earliest 

 known forms, 96 

 Mammoth, 226 

 Man, 585 

 Manatee, 335 



Manatus, 335 ; JZ inunguis, 336 

 Mandrill, 566 

 Mangabeys. 564 

 Manidae, 188 

 Afanis, 188 ; JZ gigantea, 190 ; JZ 



macrura, 25 ; JZ tricuspis, 31 

 Manteoceras, 267 



Marine Mammals ; see Sirenia, Cetacea 

 Marmosa, 156 

 Marmoset, 556 

 Marmot, 465 ; Prairie-, 465 

 Marsupial Mole, 159 

 Marsupials, 122 ; imperfectly born young 



of, 124 



Marsupium or Pouch, 14 ; of Monotremata, 

 15 ; of Marsupials, 17 ; rudiments of, 

 in higher Mammals, 23, 18 

 Marten, 435 

 Massoutiera, 490 

 Mastacomys, 473 

 Mastodon, 230 

 Meerkat, 410, 411 

 Megachiroptera, 524 f. 

 Megaderma, 528 ; JZ lyra, 528 

 Megaladapididae, 554 

 Megaladapis insignis, 554 ; JZ. madagas- 



cariensis, 554 

 Megaloglossus, 526 

 Megalomys, 480 

 Megalonychidae, 183 

 Megalonyx, 183 

 Megamys, 506 

 Meganeuron kre/ti, 366 

 Megaptera, 356 ; JZ capensis, 357 ; JZ 

 indica, 357 ; JZ. lalandii, 357 ; JZ 

 longimana, 357 

 Megatherium, 183 

 J/efes, 432 ; JZ anakuma, 432 n. ; JZ 



taxtts, 432 



Mellivora, 437 ; JZ capensis, 438 

 Melonycteris, 526 

 Melursus, 443 ; JZ labiate, 443 

 Meniscoe-ssus, 101 

 Meniscotherium, 203 

 Menodus, 264 

 Mephitis, 439 



