6. Mammalia. II. Ordres, Families and Genera. 1 169 



molar sometimes one) ; - - Syn. mansuetus n. sp. id. ibid. p. 186. From an mi- 

 known locality, (fossil.) 

 Temnocyon coryphaeus u. sp. E. D. Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Hist. Philad. 1879. 



p. 180. From the Truckee beds of John Day Paver, Oregon, (fossil.) 

 let Icy on crassivultus n. sp. E. D. Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Hist. Philad. 1879. 

 p. 190. From the Truckee beds of the White River, Tertiary of the John Day 

 River region of Oregon, ^ fossil.) 



After having studied the bones found in the pile-dwellings of Lattrigen (Bielersee) Th. 

 Studer concludes that there is a rather great difference between the European Fox of 

 the age of Stone and the now existing one. The latter is larger and stronger, in : 

 Arch. f. Anthropol. 12. Bd. 1879. p. 77. 



Fam. Mus telidae. 



Alston, Edward R., On the Specific Identity of the British Martens (Maries sylvatica and 

 foina). in: Proc. Zool. Soc. 1879. p. 468 474. 



Fam. Viverridae. 

 Allen, J. A., On the Species of the Genus Bassaris. in: Bull, of the Un. St. Geol. and Geogr. 



Survey of the Terr. 1879. Vol.5. Nr. 3. p. 331 340. 



Pointed out and demonstrated that there are but two species of this genus, viz : 

 Bassaris astuta Lichtenstein and B assart's Sumichrasti de Saussure. 



Allen states that the large Southern species of Bassaris has been trice described 

 as new ; that the skull has been figured twice ; and that one plain and three co- 

 loured figures of the animal have been given! Of B. astuta the skeleton has been 

 figured twice, the dentition twice, the skull trice and the animal five times ! 



Fam. Herpestidae. 



The tail of Galidia olivacea Is. G. St. Hilaire is constantly shorter than in G. ele- 

 gans and concolor. These three species first described by Is. G. St. Hilaire are re- 

 vised by F. A. Jentink , Notes from the Ley d. Mus. 1879. p. 131 136. 



Fam. Paradoxnridae. 



ParadoxurusMwscAenbroekiin.sp., H. Schlegel, Notes from the Ley d. Mus. 1879. 

 p. 43, from North Celebes. 



Fam. Ursidae. 



Arctocyon Gervaisii n. sp. and A.Dueiliin. sp. Victor Lernoine. Ann. des Scienc. 



Nat, Zool. etPaleont. T. 8. p. 14 and 26. pi. 15. (fossils.) 

 Arctotherium simum u. sp. E. D. Cope, found in a cavern in the Carboniferous 

 limestone of Shasta county, California. Amer. Natural. 1879. Vol. 13. Nr. 12. 

 p. 791. (fossil.) 

 Allen, J. A., On the Coatis (Genus Nasua Storr). in: Bull, of the Un. St. Geol. and Geogr. 



Survey of the Terr. 1879. Vol.5. Nr. 2. p. 153 175. 



Contains a Monograph of the Genus. Two species are admitted, viz : Nasua 

 narica (Linne) Illiger, or the Mexican Coati, and Nasua ntfa, Desmarest, or the 

 Brazilian Coati. 

 Giebel, C. G., Uber den rnexicanischen Waschbaren, Procyou He.rnandezi = Pr. lotor. in: 



Zeitschr. f. d. ges. Naturwiss. 52. Bd. 1879. p. 113114. 



Tilhol, H., Note relative a la decouverte d'un crane d' Ursus prise us danslacaverne deLherm 

 (Ariege). Toulouse, Douladoure, 1879. So. 8 p. (Not. seen by the Recorder) (fossil). 



3. Phocae. 



Ph/tca niffosidens n. sp. Owen, from Malta. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. London. 

 1. August 1879. p. 524. pi. 25. fig. 1. 2. A. L. Adams, (fossil. ' 



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