QUADRUPEDS OF MASSACHUSETTS. 5 



but of which I am entirely ignorant ; these, however, cannot amount 

 to more than three or four species. I consider, therefore, that the 

 following Catalogue is very nearly an accurate list of the quadrupeds 

 of Massachusetts. 



CATALOGUE OF THE 

 QUADRUPEDS OF MASSACHUSETTS, 



ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THEIR NATURAL FAMILIES. 



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ORDER CARNIVORA. 

 Family VESPERTILIOjXIDJE. 

 Vesperlilio pruinosiis. 



Noveboracensis, 

 Carolinensis. 



Familrj SORICIDM. 

 Sorex brevicaudis. 



Famihj TALPIDM. 

 Scalops Canadensis. 

 Condylura longicaudata. 

 *' macroura. 



Famibj URSIDJE. 

 Ursus Americanus. 

 Procjon lolor. 



Family CAMDJE. 

 Canis lupus. 

 Vulpes f'ulvus. 

 " Virginianus. 



Family FELIDX. 

 Lyncus borealis. 



" rufus. 

 Felis concolor. 



Famihj MUSTELWX. 

 Mustela Canadensis. 



" martes. 

 Putorius vison. 

 " vulgaris. 

 " Noveboracensis. 

 Lutra Canadensis. 

 Mephitis Americana. 



ORDER RODENTIA. 



Family CASTORIDJE. 

 Castor fiber. 

 Fiber Zibethicus. 



Family LEPORWJE. 

 Lepus Americanus. 

 " Virginianus. 



Family MU^CWJE. 

 Arvicola hirsutus. 



" albo-rufescens. n. sp. 

 " Emmonsii. n. sp. 

 Mus musculus. 

 " rattus. 

 " dccumanus, 

 Arclomys monax. 

 Sciurus leucotis. 

 " vulpinus. 

 " niger. 

 " Hudsonius. 

 " striatus. 

 Pteromjs volucella. 

 Gerbillus Canadensis, 



Family HYSTRICID^. 

 Hystrix dorsala. 



ORDER RUMINANTIA. 

 Family CERVWJE. 

 Cervus alces. 

 " tarandus. 

 " Virginianus. 



It will be perceived that I have omitted in this Catalogue the do- 

 mestic animals. I could add nothing to the general stock of informa- 

 tion concerning them ; descriptions, therefore, would only have in- 

 creased the size of this Report, without increasing its value. The 



